# Wing Biddlebaum — Winesburg, Ohio character guide

> Wing Biddlebaum in Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Biddlebaum

**First appearance:** 0004-hands

## Who they are

A berry picker whose restless, expressive hands—famous for picking a hundred and forty quarts a day—betray a terror he has spent twenty years trying to hide.

## In the story

### [Winesburg, Ohio](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/winesburg-ohio)

A man with expressive hands, haunted by his past and isolated from the community.

### [The Book of the Grotesque](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/the-book-of-the-grotesque)

One of the grotesques likely represented in the writer's procession.

### [Hands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/hands)

The central figure of the chapter, a nervous old man with expressive hands, haunted by a past tragedy and seeking connection through George Willard.

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