FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, FEBRUARY 1998
Copyright © 1968 by James Baldwin
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by The Dial Press, New York, in 1968.
“In the prison of his days …” by W. H. Auden: Reprinted from The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden, copyright 1966 by W. H. Auden. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
“Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues” words and music by Larry Markes and Dick Charles: Copyright 1942 by MCA Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios, Inc. Copyright renewed. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of MCA Music Publishing.
Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets: Copyright 1935, copyright renewed 1962 by Clifford Odets. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Stormy Weather” by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen: Copyright 1933 by EMI Mills Music, Inc., copyright renewed 1961 by Arko Music Corporation. All rights for the extended term in the United States administered by Fred Ahlert Music Corporation on behalf of Ted Koehler Music and administered by S A Music Company on behalf of Harold Arlen Music. Rights outside the United States administered by EMI Mills Music, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Fred Ahlert Music Corporation, S A Music Company, and Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.
“Dark as a Dungeon” by Merle Travis: Copyright 1947 (renewed) by Elvis Presley Music, Inc., and Unichappell Music, Inc. All rights administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc.
“River, Stay ’Way From My Door,” lyric by Mort Dixon, music by Harry Woods: Copyright 1931, copyright renewed 1958 by Olde Clover Leaf Music and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. All rights on behalf of Olde Clover Leaf Music in the United States administered by Fred Ahlert Music Corporation. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation and Fred Ahlert Music Corporation.
“You’re Driving Me Crazy” by Walter Donaldson: Copyright 1930, copyright renewed 1957 by Donaldson Publishing Company. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Sussman & Associates on behalf of Donaldson Publishing Company.
Baldwin, James, 1924–
Tell me how long the train’s been gone : a novel / by James Baldwin.—1st Vintage International ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-8041-4970-9
1. Afro-American actors—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3552.A45T4 1998
813’.54—dc21 97-35625
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