Table of Contents
Foreword to the U.S. Edition Dave Marsh xi
Foreword to the Italian Edition Ennio Morricone xiii
Introduction: The Great American Novel Leonardo Colombati 1
Editors Note 129
Like a Killer in the Sun: 1972-2017 Bruce Springsteen 131
Prologue 133
American Land 135
1 Jungleland 137
Growin' Up 139
Used Car 140
Mansion on the Hill 141
My Father's House 142
Growin' Up 143
Spirit in the Night 144
Incident on 57th Street 146
New York City Serenade 148
Meeting Across the River 150
Jungleland 151
A Runaway American Dream 153
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 154
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 156
Backstreets 158
Born to Run 160
Independence Day 161
Thunder Road 162
Where Our Sins Lie Unatoned 165
Badlands 166
Adam Raised a Cain 168
The Promised Land 170
Come On (Lee's Go Tonight) 171
Because the Night 172
Iceman 174
Racing in the Street 175
Heart of Darkness 177
The Promise 178
Darkness on the Edge of Town 180
The River 181
Stolen Car 183
2 This Hard Land 185
Deliver Me from Nowhere 187
Wreck on the Highway 188
Nebraska 189
Atlantic City 190
Johnny 99 192
Highway Patrolman 193
State Trooper 195
Open All Night 197
Reason to Believe 199
This Hard Land 200
Born in the U.S.A. 202
Downbound Train 204
Car Wash 206
Spare Parts 207
Cautious Man 208
The Grapes of Wrath 209
Streets of Philadelphia 210
Black Cowboys 211
Youngstown 213
The Hitter 215
The Ghost of Tom Joad 217
The New Timer 219
Highway 29 221
The Line 223
Reno 225
Across the Border 227
Matamoros Banks 229
Jesus Was an Only Son 230
The Last Lone American Night 231
The Rising 232
You're Missing 234
Nothing Man 235
My City of Ruins 236
Radio Nowhere 238
Hunter of Invisible Game 240
Magic 241
Devils & Dust 242
Devil's Arcade 244
The Wall 245
Outlaw Pete 246
The Wrestler 248
We Are Alive 249
We Take Care of Our Own 250
Easy Money 251
Jack of All Trades 252
Death to My Hometown 253
Rocky Ground 255
Land of Hope and Dreams 257
We Are Alive 259
3 Better Days 261
Glory Days 263
Dancing in the Dark 264
Glory Days 265
No Surrender 266
Bobby Jean 267
Blood Brothers r 268
The Last Carnival 269
Real World 271
Tunnel of Love 272
The Honeymooners 273
One Step Up 274
Brilliant Disguise 275
Tougher than the Rest 276
The Wish 277
With Every Wish 278
Real World 279
Better Days 281
If I Should Fail Behind 283
Living Proof 284
Long Time Comin' 286
Epilogue 289
Long Walk Home 291
Notes to the Lyrics Leonardo Colombati 293
Appendix Leonardo Colombati 435
Biography 437
On Bruce Springsteen 505
Works 509
Prizes and Awards 563
Sales 568
Bibliography 573
Acknowledgments 589
Permissions 589