Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin
Leo Proudhammer, a successful and famous black American reviews his life and his beliefs in the wake of a serious collapse. He questions the relationship between his people and white America and the role played by Christianity in the subjection of blacks.
Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play-wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay col-lection The Fire Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in 1987.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140187984 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140187987 |
| Title | Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone |
| Author | James Baldwin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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