The Ghost of Tom Joad guitar work and the lyrics on many of the tracks are a somber reflection of life in the mid-1990s in America and Mexico. The character of Tom Joad entered the American consciousness in John Steinbeck’s 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Grapes of Wrath", set against the economic hardships of the Great Depression. This spawned a film version starring Henry Fonda, which in turn inspired folk singer Woody Guthrie to pen "The Ballad of Tom Joad". The album's release was followed by Springsteen's solo acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, which ran from 1995 to 1997 and consisted of mostly small
Lewis Family Tenant Agricultural Complex Lewis Family Tenant Agricultural Complex Lewis Family Tenant Agricultural Complex is a historic home and farm located at Wyoming, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1850, and consists of a dwelling and two contributing barns. The house is a two-story, hall-and-parlor plan brick dwelling with a frame rear wing. The barns are 20th century replacements for older structures that were allowed to deteriorate and had to be replaced. They were built in the 1920s. The complex was constructed as a tenant farm by a large land owner. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.