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Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a drama set in 1960s Pittsburgh. It tells the story of Harold Loomis, a former slave who has been impressed on Joe Turner's chain gang. After seven years of labor, he finally arrives at an African-American Pittsburgh boardinghouse. As he settles into his new life, he begins to question his past and the injustices he has endured.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama
Authors: August Wilson
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