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by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson study guide contains a biography of August Wilson, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Over one hundred years ago, the Charles family was owned by the Sutters of Mississippi. When Papa Boy Willie's wife and son were sold to a neighboring farm for a piano, Boy Willie used his skills as a master woodworker to carve their likenesses into the piano - as well as a pictorial representation of their family history, from Africa to the present.

Decades later, the descendants of that family - the brothers Wining Boy, Doaker, and Boy Charles - decided that the piano could not remain in the Sutters' possession. It was the soul of the family. They succeeded in stealing the piano, but Sutter caught up with Boy Charles in a Yellow Dog train car, and burned him and four hobos alive. These five became the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog, avenging…

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Posted By elisa s #286129 at Nov 26, 2012 10:48 PM

who is the expert woodworker?

who is the expert woodworker from the piano lesson ?

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