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ISBN
9781501141515
Book Title
Born to Run
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Year
2016
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.7in
Author
Bruce Springsteen
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
31.8 Oz
Number of Pages
528 Pages

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The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: "Glorious...a philosophically rich ramble through a rock 'n roll life...It's the lyric he was born to write" ( USA TODAY , 4 out of 4 stars). Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is "an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir" ( Rolling Stone ) that offers 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. 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. "Both an entertaining account of Springsteen's marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you can't run away from is yourself" ( Entertainment Weekly ), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock star's memoir. This book is a "a virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more" (NPR).

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1501141511
ISBN-13
9781501141515
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219887229

Product Key Features

Book Title
Born to Run
Author
Bruce Springsteen
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
528 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.7in
Item Width
6.1in
Weight
31.8 Oz
Item Weight
31.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ml420.S77a3 2016
Publication Date
2016-09-27
Reviews
"A masterpiece....Bruce Springsteen could have put out a collection of recipes in Esperanto, cribbed from Campbell soup cans, and it would still be an international bestseller. Typically, he went the distance. And the result is nothing short of magnificent....I wish I could buy everyone a copy....This isn't just a book for Bruce fans, but for anyone who loves rock 'n' roll, the Shore or the last 40 years of Jersey pop-culture history. It's as epic as his recent four-hour concerts. And just as satisfying." --Jacqueline Cutler, NJ.com, "A master storyteller.... the language of his memoir often sings and leaps off the page with alliteration and pulse, especially when he's rhapsodizing about rock 'n' roll." --Will Hermes, NPR, "Kinetic...The ultimate rock star shares like he's got one last chance to make it real. It's like sitting next to Springsteen in the campfire light hearing his life story -- you'll be begging for another exhilarating refrain." -- People (Book of the Week), "Richly rewarding....Bruce Springsteen proves that he has taken on life fully engaged both in living and examining it, and in doing so, he's delivered a story as profoundly inspiring as his best music....It's alternately brutally honest, philosophically deep, stabbingly funny and, perhaps most important, refreshingly humble." -- Los Angeles Times, "Intensely satisfying... Born to Run is, like his finest songs, closely observed from end to end. His story is intimate and personal, but he has an interest in other people and a gift for sizing them up.." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times, "Springsteen can write--not just life-imprinting song lyrics but good, solid prose that travels all the way to the right margic...And like a fabled Springsteen concert--always notable for its deck-clearing thoroughness -- Born to Run achieves the sensation that all the relevant questions have been answered by the time the lights are turned out. He delivers the story of Bruce--in digestibly short chapters--via an informally steadfast Jersey plainspeak that's worked and deftly detailed and intimate with its readers--cleareyed enough to say what it means when it has hard stories to tell, yet supple enough to rise to occasions requiring eloquence--sometimes rather pleasingly subsiding into the syntax and rhythms of a Bruce Springsteen song." --Richard Ford, The New York Times Book Review ., "Born to Run has a compelling narrative and an organized structure worthy of a Catholic schoolboy of the 1950s....Mr. Springsteen writes fluidly about subjects light, dark and darker. He's funny and solemn, tender and insightful. In Born to Run, he risks his mythic stature, but he emerges as more substantial, more admirable. Now Mr. Springsteen isn't merely a star. He is a man - a son, a husband, a father and a friend - willing to share what he's learned." --Wall Street Journal, "Springsteen can write--not just life-­imprinting song lyrics but good, solid prose that travels all the way to the right margic...And like a fabled Springsteen concert--always notable for its deck-clearing thoroughness -- Born to Run achieves the sensation that all the relevant questions have been answered by the time the lights are turned out. He delivers the story of Bruce--in digestibly short chapters--via an informally steadfast Jersey plainspeak that's worked and deftly detailed and intimate with its readers--cleareyed enough to say what it means when it has hard stories to tell, yet supple enough to rise to occasions requiring eloquence--sometimes rather pleasingly subsiding into the syntax and rhythms of a Bruce Springsteen song." --Richard Ford, The New York Times Book Review ., "Intensely satisfying... Born to Run is, like his finest songs, closely observed from end to end. His story is intimate and personal, but he has an interest in other people and a gift for sizing them up.." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times, "Kinetic...The ultimate rock star shares like he's got one last chance to make it real. It's like sitting next to Springsteen in the campfire light hearing his life story -- you'll be begging for another exhilarating refrain." -- People  (Book of the Week), "A virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more." -- NPR, "Bruce Springsteen's life is now officially an open book. Born to Run takes readers on a riveting ride through the everyman rock star's deeply lived existence." -- Associated Press, "Springsteen can write--not just life-imprinting song lyrics but good, solid prose that travels all the way to the right margic...And like a fabled Springsteen concert--always notable for its deck-clearing thoroughness -- Born to Run achieves the sensation that all the relevant questions have been answered by the time the lights are turned out. He delivers the story of Bruce--in digestibly short chapters--via an informally steadfast Jersey plainspeak that's worked and deftly detailed and intimate with its readers--cleareyed enough to say what it means when it has hard stories to tell, yet supple enough to rise to occasions requiring eloquence--sometimes rather pleasingly subsiding into the syntax and rhythms of a Bruce Springsteen song." --Richard Ford, The New York Times Book Review ., "Springsteen can write--not just life-­imprinting song lyrics but good, solid prose that travels all the way to the right margic...And like a fabled Springsteen concert--always notable for its deck-clearing thoroughness -- Born to Run achieves the sensation that all the relevant questions have been answered by the time the lights are turned out. He delivers the story of Bruce--in digestibly short chapters--via an informally steadfast Jersey plainspeak that's worked and deftly detailed and intimate with its readers--cleareyed enough to say what it means when it has hard stories to tell, yet supple enough to rise to occasions requiring eloquence--sometimes rather pleasingly subsiding into the syntax and rhythms of a Bruce Springsteen song." --Richard Ford, The New York Times Book Review ., "Glorious...a philosophically rich ramble through a rock 'n roll life.... Reading his intimate look back on a remarkable yet troubled life, it's safe to say that Bruce's aesthetic wouldn't be complete without this long-form Song of Springsteen. It's the lyric he was born to write." -- USA Today (four stars out of four), "A master storyteller.... the language of his memoir often sings and leaps off the page with alliteration and pulse, especially when he's rhapsodizing about rock 'n' roll." --Will Hermes, NPR
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-016742
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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    Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Hardback Exceptional

    Brilliantly written by Springsteen, we are taken "behind the stage and life" of one of the few remaining rock artists who can fill stadiums worldwide. The author, with tremendous candor, writes about family dysfunction, his depression and his hard scrabble rise to fame among contemporaries such as Jackson Browne and mentors as Roy Orbison. Some surprising confessions include taking responsibility for the end of his first marriage, but finding new love in rock solid musician Patti Scialfa, who has remained a steadfast wife, mother and partner to one of rock's most prolific singer/songwriters. This is as down to earth a portrayal of Springsteen you'll find. This is also a book about deep bonds in friendship and the loss of E. Street saxophonist Clarence Clemons. In short, a "must" for any ...

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: farmboystill

  • Fantastic story about a great Rock n' Roll artist!

    An amazing story about a dedicated young man who never gave up on his music, his friends, his family and people in need. I loved this book! I spent summers just up the street from where he lived! A MUST READ for those who love music!

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  • Springsteen autobiography

    Beautiful copy but not a first. My copy is a fifth. Be careful if you are looking for first editions. Many sellers are not skilled in discerning fitsts from later printings. My copy is clean, unread and signed. Which makes it collectable, indeed.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: americanamemorabilia

  • Super fabulous writing!

    Awesome book! Great writing, insightful, fascinating, intimate - Bruce has written a masterpiece! One of the best books, and THE best memoir, I have ever read. Love it!

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  • BRUCE!

    After seeing Bruce Springsteen perform for the first time in 2017 i was riveted by his performance, passion and energy on stage. His ability to fill TD GARDEN with zestful soul and love was astounding! This book explains his talent and drive on stage. I highly recommend both.

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