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Bruce Springsteen’s America

Portelli, Alessandro. Bruce Springsteen's America : A Dream Deferred, Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5726160. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-07-11 08:56:26.

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Bruce Springsteen’s America: A Dream Deferred By

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Alessandro Portelli

Portelli, Alessandro. Bruce Springsteen's America : A Dream Deferred, Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5726160. Created from nyulibrary-ebooks on 2021-07-11 08:56:26.

Bruce Springsteen’s America: A Dream Deferred By Alessandro Portelli This book first published 2019 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2019 by Alessandro Portelli All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

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