Born to Run

Springsteen, Bruce

ISBN 10: 1501141511 / ISBN 13: 9781501141515

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2016

Octavo. Gray boards quarterbound in a black backstrip with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a light bumping at the head of the spine. Photographic endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 510 pages. Illustrated with a section of photographs in the rear of the book. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tip of the upper rear outside corner - jacket is otherwise all clean, bright, and sharp. Lovely copy! Seller Inventory # 013063

Synopsis:

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began.
Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song "Born to Run" reveals more than we previously realized.
Born to Run will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but this book is much more than a legendary rock star's memoir. This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll.
Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs ("Thunder Road," "Badlands," "Darkness on the Edge of Town," "The River," "Born in the U.S.A," "The Rising," and "The Ghost of Tom Joad," to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen's autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

About the Author: Bruce Springsteen has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of twenty Grammy Awards, the Academy Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He lives in New Jersey with his family. His latest work, together with Barack Obama, is Renegades: Born in the USA, a candid and entertaining collection of conversations that expand on their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Born to Run
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: NF
Dust Jacket Condition: NF
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.