Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man. DESCRIPTION: Title|Author: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines Publisher|Place|Date: Vintage Contemporaries. New York. 1992. Edition|Binding: Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Size|Pages|Illustrated: 8"x5". [214] pp. Condition: Wear from being read, spine creased but tight. Edges/corners are rubbed. Wrappers with some light scuffing and soiling (primarily to lower wrapper).Light age toning, scuffing and soiling to text block, leaves are clean. Inscribed by Gaines to the half-title page - dated Dec. 3, 1994.