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Born to run / Bruce Springsteen.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501141515 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xii, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
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| Subject: | Springsteen, Bruce. Rock musicians > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 782.42166092 Sprin | 31681010029007 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's half-time 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, humour, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darknessthat 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 candour, 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. - Baker & Taylor
In a personal account inspired by the remarkable 2009 Super Bowl halftime show, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer traces his life from his childhood in a Catholic New Jersey family and the musical experiences that prompted his career to the rise of the E Street Band and the stories behind some of his most famous songs. - Baker & Taylor
Traces the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's life from his childhood in a Catholic New Jersey family and the musical experiences that prompted his career to the rise of the E Street Band and the stories behind some of his most famous songs. - Simon and Schuster
The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: âGloriousâ¦a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ân roll lifeâ¦Itâs the lyric he was born to writeâ (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 âan utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoirâ (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 âThe Big Bangâ: seeing Elvis Presleyâs 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 (âThunder Road,â âBadlands,â âDarkness on the Edge of Town,â âThe Riverâ âBorn in the U.S.A,â âThe Rising,â and âThe Ghost of Tom Joad,â to name just a few), Bruce Springsteenâs autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.
âBoth an entertaining account of Springsteenâs marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you canât run away from is yourselfâ (Entertainment Weekly), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock starâs memoir. This book is a âa 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 moreâ (NPR).
