A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 197

A Study Guide for Ernest Gaines's "A Gathering of Old Men," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary;

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on deat

A poor African American boy and his mother experience both discrimination and kindness during a trip to town to see the dentist.

“Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.”—Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review “In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. .