Fourth of July, Asbury Park

DANIEL WOLFF is a Grammy-nominated non-fiction author and poet who has written a half-dozen books on American history and culture, from an award-winning biography of Sam Cooke to a best-selling dual biography of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. He also collaborated with photographer Eric Meola on Born to Run: The Unseen Photos. He resides in Nyack, New York.

• Introduction Fourth of July, 1870 Fourth of July, 1885 American Day, 1892 Fourth of July, 1903 Fourth of July, 1924 Fourth of July, 1941 Fourth of July, 1956 Fourth of July, 1970 Fourth of July, 1978 Fourth of July, 2001 Update: Fourth of July, 2020 Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Permissions Index

"Wonderfully evocative…a grand, sad story of racism and real estate, political hardball and seaside pleasure-seeking." - A.O. Scott (New York Times Book Review) "Unflinching, artful, and indispensable." - Dave Marsh (author of Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s) “A luminous history of Springsteen's Asbury Park…Wolff creates popular history at its best. Springsteen fans will love it, and so will anyone interested in American social history.”(Booklist (starred review)) "Wolff weaves into his narrative the musical heritage of Sousa, Sinatra and Bill Haley to underscore the social changes affecting the town over time. Asbury Park's current renewal efforts are mired in troubles-but the song Wolff hears there is still one of hope." (Publishers Weekly) “It’s an ingenious idea, as the author, a poet and an award-winning biographer of Sam Cooke, filters the town's history through more than a century of its all-American summer holiday celebrations.” (San Francisco Chronicle) Rutgers University Press To Release Updated Version of "Fourth of July, Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land" by Daniel Wolff (New Jersey Stage) "N.J.’s two Asbury Parks turn 150," by Daniel Wolff (NJ.com)