Gem of the Ocean
by August Wilson

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Gem of the Ocean; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904.

Aunt Esther, the 285-year-old fiery matriarch of 1839 Wylie Avenue, sets Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama, on a soaring, lyrical journey of spiritual awakening.

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Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 2008
ISBN-13 9781559362818
ISBN-10 1559362812

Gem of the Ocean is a play written by August Wilson and published by Nick Hern Books (2008).

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