Berlin and America
Rocking the Wall
Rocking the Wall
Author: Erik Kirschbaum
Pictures: Herbert Schulze
Genre: Music, Biography
Softcover, 170 pages, 34 color pictures; 13 black-and-white
Dimensions: 5.5’’ x 8.5’'
Deutsche Ausgabe: 22,8 x 15,2 cm
Suggested retail: $18.00 / 18,- €
ISBN USA: 978-3-96026-073-8
ISBN BN.com: 978-3-96026-021-9
Deutschland: 978-3-96026-099-8
Original Release: Spring 2013
About the Book
Rocking The Wall explores the epic Bruce Springsteen concert in East Berlin on July 19, 1988, and how it changed the world. Erik Kirschbaum spoke to scores of fans and concert organizers on both sides of the Berlin Wall, including Jon Landau, Springsteen's long-time friend and manager. With lively behind-the-scenes details from eyewitness accounts, magazine and newspaper clippings, TV recordings, and even Stasi files, as well as photos and memorabilia, this gripping book transports you back to those heady times before the Berlin Wall fell and gives you a front-row spot at one of the most exciting rock concerts ever. It takes you to an unforgettable journey with Springsteen through the divided city, to the open air concert grounds in Weissensee, where The Boss, live on stage, delivered a speech against the Wall to a record-breaking crowd of more than 300,000 delirious young East Germans full of joy and hope.
Erik Kirschbaum
Erik Kirschbaum
Erik Kirschbaum, a native of New York City and long-time Springsteen fan, has lived in Germany for more than twenty-five years and in Berlin since 1993. Originally working for the Reuters New Agency, he is now a correspondent for The Los Angeles Times and also associated with RIAS. In addition, he wrote the book Burning Beethoven. He is a devoted father of four, an enthusiastic cyclist, and a solar power entrepreneur. Rocking the Wall is his third book.
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