@book{1023, keywords = {ministers, ex-slaves, ex-convicts, steel industry, Black Americans, Protestants}, author = {August Wilson}, title = {Gem of the Ocean}, abstract = {Ester Tyler is a former slave who runs a Pittsburgh household and keeps alive its Black community's history and traditions. “Aunt Ester, the drama’s 287-year-old fiery matriarch,” says the play’s promotional copy, “welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life.” }, year = {2006}, pages = {85 p.}, publisher = {Theatre Communications Group}, address = {New York}, note = {The show premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on April 28, 2003.}, language = {English}, }