The Resource A gathering of old men, Ernest J. Gaines
A gathering of old men, Ernest J. Gaines
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- Summary
- "Early in this eloquent novel ... a sheriff is summoned to a sugarcane plantation, where he finds one young white woman, about eighteen old black men, and one dead Cajun farmer. The sheriff is sure he knows who killed the Cajun--although each of the men is toting a shotgun, only one of them could hit a barn door--but threats and slaps fail to change their stories. Each one claims guilt, and all but one promise to provoke a riot at the courthouse if the sheriff tries to make an arrest. in the meantime, they wait for a lynch mob that the dead man's father--like his son, a notorious brute--is sure to launch. ... Before it is over, everyone involved has been surprised by something: the old black men not least of all, by their first taste of power and pride."--New Yorker review, quoted on back cover of paperback edition
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A gathering of old men
- Title
- A gathering of old men
- Statement of responsibility
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Subject
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- African American farmers | Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- FICTION -- African American | Historical
- FICTION -- African American | Mystery & Detective
- Fiction
- African American farmers
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Louisiana | Fiction
- Race relations
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Race relations -- Fiction
- Louisiana
- African American farmers -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Early in this eloquent novel ... a sheriff is summoned to a sugarcane plantation, where he finds one young white woman, about eighteen old black men, and one dead Cajun farmer. The sheriff is sure he knows who killed the Cajun--although each of the men is toting a shotgun, only one of them could hit a barn door--but threats and slaps fail to change their stories. Each one claims guilt, and all but one promise to provoke a riot at the courthouse if the sheriff tries to make an arrest. in the meantime, they wait for a lynch mob that the dead man's father--like his son, a notorious brute--is sure to launch. ... Before it is over, everyone involved has been surprised by something: the old black men not least of all, by their first taste of power and pride."--New Yorker review, quoted on back cover of paperback edition
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- Cataloging source
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- 1933-2019
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- Gaines, Ernest J.
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 4.4
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- African American farmers
- Southern States
- Louisiana
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Race relations
- African American farmers
- Southern States
- Louisiana
- Label
- A gathering of old men, Ernest J. Gaines
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9682782
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780394514680
- Lccn
- 82049000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)9682782
- Label
- A gathering of old men, Ernest J. Gaines
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9682782
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 213 pages
- Isbn
- 9780394514680
- Lccn
- 82049000
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)9682782
Subject
- African American farmers | Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- Detective and mystery stories
- FICTION -- African American | Historical
- FICTION -- African American | Mystery & Detective
- Fiction
- African American farmers
- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Louisiana | Fiction
- Race relations
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Race relations -- Fiction
- Louisiana
- African American farmers -- Fiction
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