The Resource The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines
The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines
Resource Information
The item The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
-
- "Ernest J. Gaines's new novella revolves around a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order. After Brady Sims pulls out a gun in a courtroom and shoots his own son, who has just been convicted of robbery and murder, he asks only to be allowed two hours before he'll give himself up to the sheriff. When the editor of the local newspaper asks his cub reporter to dig up a "human interest" story about Brady, he heads for the town's barbershop. It is the barbers and the regulars who hang out there who narrate with empathy, sadness, humor, and a profound understanding the life story of Brady Sims--an honorable, just, and unsparing man who with his tough love had been handed the task of keeping the black children of Bayonne, Louisiana in line to protect them from the unjust world in which they lived. And when his own son makes a fateful mistake, it is up to Brady to carry out the necessary reckoning. In the telling, we learn the story of a small southern town, divided by race, and the black community struggling to survive even as many of its inhabitants head off northwards during the Great Migration"--
- "Ernest J. Gaines's new novella is about a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
- Extent
- 114 pages
- Note
- "August 2017"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780525434467
- Label
- The tragedy of Brady Sims
- Title
- The tragedy of Brady Sims
- Statement of responsibility
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Subject
-
- African American men -- Fiction
- City and town life
- City and town life
- City and town life -- Fiction
- FICTION -- African American | General
- FICTION -- Crime
- FICTION -- Literary
- Fiction
- African American men
- Novellas
- Novellas
- Novellas
- Race relations
- Race relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Fiction
- African American men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Ernest J. Gaines's new novella revolves around a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order. After Brady Sims pulls out a gun in a courtroom and shoots his own son, who has just been convicted of robbery and murder, he asks only to be allowed two hours before he'll give himself up to the sheriff. When the editor of the local newspaper asks his cub reporter to dig up a "human interest" story about Brady, he heads for the town's barbershop. It is the barbers and the regulars who hang out there who narrate with empathy, sadness, humor, and a profound understanding the life story of Brady Sims--an honorable, just, and unsparing man who with his tough love had been handed the task of keeping the black children of Bayonne, Louisiana in line to protect them from the unjust world in which they lived. And when his own son makes a fateful mistake, it is up to Brady to carry out the necessary reckoning. In the telling, we learn the story of a small southern town, divided by race, and the black community struggling to survive even as many of its inhabitants head off northwards during the Great Migration"--
- "Ernest J. Gaines's new novella is about a courthouse shooting that leads a young reporter to uncover the long story of race and power in his small town and the relationship between the white sheriff and the black man who "whipped children" to keep order"--
- Assigning source
-
- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gaines, Ernest J.
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3557.A355
- LC item number
- T73 2017
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American men
- City and town life
- Race relations
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- African American men
- City and town life
- Race relations
- Label
- The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines
- Note
- "August 2017"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 971509228
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
- Extent
- 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525434467
- Lccn
- 2017005574
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971509228
- Label
- The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines
- Note
- "August 2017"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 971509228
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
- Extent
- 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525434467
- Lccn
- 2017005574
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971509228
Subject
- African American men -- Fiction
- City and town life
- City and town life
- City and town life -- Fiction
- FICTION -- African American | General
- FICTION -- Crime
- FICTION -- Literary
- Fiction
- African American men
- Novellas
- Novellas
- Novellas
- Race relations
- Race relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Fiction
- African American men
Genre
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-tragedy-of-Brady-Sims-Ernest-J./2RSxsN1i84A/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-tragedy-of-Brady-Sims-Ernest-J./2RSxsN1i84A/">The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-tragedy-of-Brady-Sims-Ernest-J./2RSxsN1i84A/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-tragedy-of-Brady-Sims-Ernest-J./2RSxsN1i84A/">The tragedy of Brady Sims, Ernest J. Gaines</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
