Catalog / A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying
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Ernest J. Gaines
In 1940s Louisiana, a schoolteacher walks with a man sentenced to death and tries to help him keep his dignity in a deeply unjust system.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0375702709
- ISBN-13
- 9780375702709
- ASIN
- 0375702709
Why was A Lesson Before Dying challenged?
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States. The title is listed by the ALA among diverse-content works that have been challenged.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was A Lesson Before Dying banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk United States At risk · School
The title is listed by the ALA among diverse-content works that have been challenged.
ALA reference to attempts at restriction or removal.
- Source → Frequently Challenged Books with Diverse Content American Library Association
Other questions
- Is A Lesson Before Dying banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was A Lesson Before Dying challenged?
- The title is listed by the ALA among diverse-content works that have been challenged.
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