Biography - Gaines, Ernest J(ames) (1933-): An article ...
Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 17 Publication Date: 2004-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
$9.95
Amazon.com |
Mozart and Leadbelly
 Ernest Gaines: This book, of all the ones I have read by Mr. Gaines, is the most enlightening. He explains the thoughts and ideas which formed the basis for some of his better known works. Clearly he deserves kudos for his brilliance in writing. Author: [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
Catherine Carmier
Beautiful: Gaines captures Louisiana culture to a 'T'. As someone who spends a lot of time there, the Carmiers, Jackson, Charlotte and Mary Louise ring true. HIs descriptions and elegant choice of words are just plain gorgeous. Wonderful classic. Good [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
In My Father's House
Good Read: I thought this book was written in typical Ernest Gaines style. His stories never end with everything tied up in a nice little package. Like in the other books, the main character leaves us with lots of questions that we get to think about and [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men: The book, A Gathering of Old Men is a unique description of a story about a white man who gets shot by a colored man. If you are interested in the civil rights act and segregation this is truely the book for you. The author used a [... more]
$22.20
Amazon.com |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Great if you like this sort of thing: This was a really interesting book, but it was a slow read and it wasn't very exciting to me. It was also very depressing. I did learn a lot from this book. For all you history and/or Civil War/Civil Rights fanatics, [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Great if you like this sort of thing: This was a really interesting book, but it was a slow read and it wasn't very exciting to me. It was also very depressing. I did learn a lot from this book. For all you history and/or Civil War/Civil Rights fanatics, [... more]
$13.00
Amazon.com |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: And Other ...
Powerful story!: This review is on the "Autobiography" as I have not read this particular edition, so I don't know what the "other writings" are. This story is brilliantly written. So powerful, I had a hard time believing that Miss [... more]
$19.76
Amazon.com |
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men: The book, A Gathering of Old Men is a unique description of a story about a white man who gets shot by a colored man. If you are interested in the civil rights act and segregation this is truely the book for you. The author used a [... more]
$14.63
Amazon.com |
Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays
One of my favorites: Ernest Gaines is one of my favorite writers. I had moved to Nebraska to do a Ph.D. in philosophy, until one day at the public library I discovered Mr. Gaines' fiction. After reading Bloodline and A Lesson Before Dying, I dropped out [... more]
$22.95
Amazon.com |
Mozart and Leadbelly
One of my favorites: Ernest Gaines is one of my favorite writers. I had moved to Nebraska to do a Ph.D. in philosophy, until one day at the public library I discovered Mr. Gaines' fiction. After reading Bloodline and A Lesson Before Dying, I dropped out [... more]
$9.95
Amazon.com |
A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel
Amazon.com Review: Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1997: In a small Cajun community in 1940s Louisiana, a young black man is about to go to the electric chair for murder. A white shopkeeper had died during a robbery gone bad; though the young [... more]
$12.95
Amazon.com |
