Born to Run

Description

“Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the
writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve
tried to do this.” —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to RunIn 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. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Edition (September 27, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501141511
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 15
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.08 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1.7 x 9.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #45,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #140 in Rock Band Biographies #146 in Rock Music (Books) #1,599 in Memoirs (Books)
• #140 in Rock Band Biographies
• #146 in Rock Music (Books)