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Returning to 'Nebraska' — New book looks at Bruce Springsteen's best album
From the Entertainment writer L. Kent Wolgamott's most memorable stories of 2023 series
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In the fall of 1981, Bruce Springsteen was at his rental house in Colts Neck, New Jersey, writing songs and, often late at night, flipping through the channels to find something to watch on TV.
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Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"
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Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" grew out of a song written about Charles Starkweather (right) and Caril Ann Fugate and is explored in the book "Deliver Me From Nowhere."
SHOWTIME, COURTESY PHOTO
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After a nearly 25-year absence from the state he named an album after, Bruce Springsteen finally made it back to Nebraska. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Qwest Center Omaha, on March 14, 2008.
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Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" grew out of a song written about Charles Starkweather (right) and Caril Ann Fugate and is explored in the book "Deliver Me From Nowhere."
- SHOWTIME, COURTESY PHOTO
After a nearly 25-year absence from the state he named an album after, Bruce Springsteen finally made it back to Nebraska. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at the Qwest Center Omaha, on March 14, 2008.
- OMAHA WORLD-HERALD FILE PHOTO
Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"
- COLUMBIA RECORDS
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