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Grown-Up Anger
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
by Daniel Wolff
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Harper
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-245169-9, ISBN: 0-06-245169-3

"A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century America--woven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today.When thirteen-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," it igni ..."






4th of July, Asbury Park(Reprint)
A History of the Promised Land
by Daniel J. Wolff
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Bloomsbury Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-114-7, ISBN: 1-59691-114-X

""Wonderfully evocative…a grand, sad story of racism and real estate, political hardball and seaside pleasure-seeking."--A.O. Scott, New York Times Book ReviewWhen Bruce Springsteen called his first album Greetings from Asbury Park, he introduced a generation of fans to a fallen seaside resort town that came to represent working-class American life. Starting with the town's founding as a religious promised land, music journalist and po ..."






The Fight for Home
How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
by Daniel Wolff
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-60819-479-7, ISBN: 1-60819-479-5

"After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans became ground zero for the reinvention of the American city, with urban planners, movie stars, anarchists, and politicians all advancing their competing visions of recovery. In this wash of reform, residents and volunteers from across the country struggled to build the foundations of a new New Orleans.For over five years, author Daniel Wolff has documented an amazing cross section ..."






How Lincoln Learned to Read(1st Edition)
Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them
by Daniel Wolff
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Bloomsbury Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-60819-037-9, ISBN: 1-60819-037-4

"How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know?Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nation's developing notion of what it means to get a "good education." From the stubborn early feminism of Abigail Adams to the miracle of He ..."






How Lincoln Learned to Read(1st Edition)
Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them
by Daniel Wolff
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-290-8, ISBN: 1-59691-290-1

"An engaging, provocative history of American ideas, told through the educations (both in and out of school) of twelve great figures, from Benjamin Franklin to Elvis Presley. How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of ..."






Ayiti
(Paperback)
by Daniel Wolff
Paperback, 38 Pages, Published 2019 by Finishing Line Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-64662-000-5, ISBN: 1-64662-000-3

"Mixed poetry and prose by award-winning author, Daniel Wolff, about Haiti and the U.S. role there, including the return of President Aristede, the beauty of an impoverished culture, and the role of whiteness."






Negro League Baseball(1st Edition)
by Ernest C. Withers, Daniel Wolff, Antony Decaneas, Willie Mays
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-5585-1, ISBN: 0-8109-5585-7

"Long before blacks gained entrance into major league baseball, some of the greatest athletes ever to play the game were performing remarkable feats in the Negro Leagues. Fans today look back on the legendary Negro Leagues with reverence and awe, yet there has been woefully little visual documentation of the leagues' history. This treasure trove of images by Ernest Withers, the unofficial team photographer for the Memphis Red Sox, captur ..."






The Literary Review(1st Edition)
The Rogue Idea
by Minna Proctor, Renee Ashley, William Zander, Judith Hermann, Yoram Kaniuk, Krzysztof Jaworski, John Kinsella, Geoffrey Nutter, Christopher Sorrentino, Daniel Wolff, Alex Stein, Joyce Hinnefeld, Tedi Lopez Mills, Gary Fincke, H.L. Hix, The Literary Review, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Anthony Berris, Wendy Burk, Madeleine Beckman, Michael Copperman, Michela Costello, Ruth Curry, Caleb Curtiss, Margot Dembo, Jesse Goolsby, Cassie Hay, Steven Heighton, Suzanna Hopcroft, Sean Mcconnell, Anne Mcpeak, Michael Murphy, Benjamin Paloff, Drew Riley, Ryan Romine, Peter Shippy, Marion Wyce
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Fairleigh Dickinson University
ISBN-13: 978-0-9841607-8-5, ISBN: 0-9841607-8-7

"The Literary Review is a beautifully designed literary quarterly featuring some of the best international writers of our generation. Content includes short stories, poems, essays, belle lettres and book commentary, as well as author interviews focusing on craft and literary form. The Literary Review is one of the hippest literary magazines in the country that is also over half a century old. The Rogue Idea issue features amazing fiction ..."






Born to Run
The Unseen Photos (Limited Edition)
by Bruce Springsteen, Eric Meola, Daniel Wolff
Hardcover, 88 Pages, Published 2006 by Insight Editions
Deluxe Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-933784-08-3, ISBN: 1-933784-08-3

""It is a magnificent album that pays off on every bet ever placed on him--and it should crack his future wide open." - "Rolling Stone," on the 1975 release of Bruce Springsteen's album "Born To Run."Photographer Eric Meola was hired thirty years ago to do a photo shoot which resulted in the iconic rock n' roll album "Born to Run." This magnificent book recreates that photography session, contains all of Bruce's lyrics, and includes an i ..."






Born to Run(1st Edition)
The Unseen Photos
by Eric Meola, Bruce Springsteen, Daniel Wolff
Hardcover, 88 Pages, Published 2006 by Insight Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-933784-09-0, ISBN: 1-933784-09-1

""It is a magnificent album that pays off on every bet ever placed on him—and it should crack his future wide open." - Rolling Stone, on the 1975 release of Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run.Photographer Eric Meola was hired thirty years ago to do a photo shoot which resulted in the iconic rock n’ roll album Born to Run. This magnificent book recreates that photography session, contains all of Bruce’s lyrics, and includes an introduc ..."






Grown-Up Anger
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calument Massacre of 1913; Library Edition
by Daniel Wolff
Published 2017 by Harperaudio
ISBN-13: 978-1-5384-1737-9, ISBN: 1-5384-1737-5






Grown-Up Anger(Unabridged)
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 (CD-Audio)
by Daniel Wolff, Dennis Boutsikaris
Cd, Published 2017 by Blackstone Pub
Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-5384-1738-6, ISBN: 1-5384-1738-3

"When thirteen-year-old Daniel Wolff first heard Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," it ignited a life-long interest with understanding the rock poet's anger. When he later discovered "Song to Woody," Dylan's tribute to his hero, Woody Guthrie, Wolff believed he'd uncovered one source of Dylan's rage. Sifting through Guthrie's recordings, Wolff found "1913 Massacre"--a song which told the story of a union Christmas party during a strike in C ..."






Grown-Up Anger
The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 T
by Daniel Wolff
368 Pages, Published 2017 by Harpercollins
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-245171-2, ISBN: 0-06-245171-5

"These kinds of commercial mass-produced recordings were supposed to be the target of folk music's utmost contempt. But that's what the ... 48 He began playing folk clubs in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. Round-faced, a little chubby, ..."






The Literary Review(1st Edition)
The Tides
by Kate Brody, Molly Jean Reid, John Kinsella, H.E. Francis, Eric Paul, Clay Matthews, Bethany Goch, Diane Mehta, Jesse Nathan, Matt Rasmussen, Christine Schutt, Daniel Wolff, Scott Withiam, Kim Kyung Ju, Ana Blandiana, Amy Meng, Ferreira Gullar, Minna Proctor, Renee Ashley, Craig Morgan Teicher, Jena Salon
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2014 by Fairleigh Dickinson University
ISBN-13: 978-0-9860703-1-0, ISBN: 0-9860703-1-9

"America's premiere literary quarterly explores all that is cyclical, lunar, and aquatic. There are poems about children at dinner parties, Brooklyn sludge, television, and fast food, amusement parks, washed up rock stars, and space debris. Read curiously. Read bravely. Read more."






How Lincoln Learned to Read
Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them
by Daniel Wolff
352 Pages, Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-60819-122-2, ISBN: 1-60819-122-2

"Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1962 (first edition 1800). Westerhoff, John H. III. McGuffey and His Readers: Piety, Morality and Education in Nineteenth Century America. Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1992 (originally published 1978). Wheat, Margaret M. Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1967. Where Wild Plum Trees Grew: Bicentennial Edition of Plum Borough History, 1788–1988. A ..."






4th of July, Asbury Park
A History of the Promised Land
by Daniel Wolff
288 Pages, Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-59691-942-6, ISBN: 1-59691-942-6

"Inland, Springwood Avenue celebrated apart from the tourists. At sophisticated jazz clubs like Joe Mikes, patrons ... But live bands like Bill Basie's quartet made up for that. And by now, record companies had ... It had been cut by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, an all-white group led by an ItalianAmerican who had grown up in a New Orleans neighborhood not that different from the mixed-race cultural breeding ground of Springwoo ..."






4th of July, Asbury Park
A History of the Promised Land
by Daniel Wolff
Published 2005 by Bloomsbury Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-012238-4, ISBN: 0-00-012238-6






Work Sonnets
by Daniel Wolff
Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2002 by Jensen/Daniels
ISBN-13: 978-1-893032-31-6, ISBN: 1-893032-31-0

"Now, we take the night off- / and find burns and bruises unfurling beneath the soft /skin of the sky" (from "Work Sonnets")."






You Send Me
Life and Times of Sam Cooke
by Daniel Wolff, G. David Tenenbaum, S.R. Crain, Cliff White
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 1996 by Virgin Books
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ISBN-13: 978-1-85227-511-2, ISBN: 1-85227-511-1






You Send Me
The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum
by Daniel J. Wolff, S.R Crain, G. David Tenenbaum, Cliff White
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2011 by Virgin Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-7535-4002-2, ISBN: 0-7535-4002-9

"Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub the Date: August. 2011 Pages: 368 in Publisher by: of Virgin Publishing. When Sam Cooke was shot dead in. a cheap motel in. Hollywood. he was one of America's most successful pop stars The. Of He left a world in. which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as You Send Me and A Wonderful World. yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days. This biography ..."



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