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Ernest J. Gaines

Author of A Lesson Before Dying

Includes the names: E. Gaines, Ernest Gaines, Earnest Gaines, Gaines. Ernest, Gaines Ernest J, Gaines Ermest J., Ernest J. Gaines, Ernest J. Gaines (Author)

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Title	Copies	Reviews	Ratings	Average	Median	Std. dev.
A Lesson Before Dying	2,974	51	638	3.85	4.00	0.96
A Gathering of Old Men	543	14	107	3.95	4.00	1.00
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	608	5	88	3.66	4.00	0.94
Of Love and Dust	91	3	17	3.94	4.00	0.48
In My Father's House	77		8	3.88	4.00	0.60
Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays	40	2	7	4.00	4.00	0.60
Catherine Carmier	54	3	6	3.17	3.00	0.69
Bloodline: Five Stories	55		5	4.20	4.00	0.40
A long day in November	9		1	3.50	3.50
4 heures du matin	1		1	4.00	4.00
The sky is gray	2
An Introduction to A Lesson Before Dying (Audio Guide) (The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts)	1
Eine Zusammenkunft alter Männer.	1
Par la petite porte	3
Conversations with Ernest Gaines (Literary Conversations Series)	3
Jeffersons Würde	1

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2	34
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3	179
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4.5	28
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