<P> A Lesson Before Dying Is Ernest J. Gaines ' eighth novel , published in 1993 . While it is a fictional work , it is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis , a young Black man sentenced to death by the electric chair twice in Louisiana , in 1945 and 1947 . </P>
<P> A Lesson Before Dying Is Ernest J. Gaines ' eighth novel , published in 1993 . While it is a fictional work , it is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis , a young Black man sentenced to death by the electric chair twice in Louisiana , in 1945 and 1947 . </P>
when does a lesson before dying take place
when does a lesson before dying take place
in 1945 and 1947
in 1945 and 1947