Gem of the ocean /

Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins it all. Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, it is chronologically the first work in August Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the 20th century--an unprecedented series that includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Fen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, August (Author)
Corporate Author:	John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Other Authors:	Rashad, Phylicia, 1948- (writer of foreword)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Paul, MN : Theatre Communications Group ; Consortium Book Sales and Distribution [distributor], 2007 New York : St. Paul, MN : Theatre Communications Group ; Distributed to the Book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2007 New York : St. Paul, MN : Theatre Communications Group ; Distributed to the book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2007 New York, N.Y. : St. Paul, Minn. : Theatre Communications Group, 2007 New York : St. Paul, MN : 2007 New York, N.Y. : 2007
Edition:	1st ed
Series:	Wilson, August Plays Wilson, August Plays Wilson, August Plays.
Subjects:	1900-1999 African American neighborhoods > Drama African American women > Drama African Americans > Drama Freed persons > United States > Drama African American neighborhoods African Americans Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > Drama Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Drama Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Hill District Drama Historical drama Plays (Performed Works) Plays (performing arts compositions) Scripts (Documents) Scripts (documents)