Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin was first published in 1968. We track 2 editions.
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- New York City
- Genre
- LGBT-related literature
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- Editions recorded
- 28 on Open Library, 15 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 1 language
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin was first published in 1968.