The international No. 1 bestseller. Over a million copies sold in the English language. Published in 23 foreign languages. "A poignant autobiography... there is a fearlessness in his prose, a willingness to engage with his past, which fits with his desire as a composer to give voice to the people around him" - Sunday Times. "Writing about yourself is a funny business... But in a project like this, the writer has made a promise, to show the reader their mind. In these pages, I've tried to do just that." —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run. In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. Thus began this extraordinary autobiography. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has 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 his Catholic childhood in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, reaching the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": Elvis Presley's performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. He retells with haunting honesty his relentless desire to become a musician, his early days as bar king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With candor, he also confesses for the first time his personal struggles that inspired his best work and shows why the song “Born to Run” reveals more than we knew. Born to Run will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but this book is much more than the autobiography of a legendary rock star. It's a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, oddballs, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll. Rarely has an artist told their story with such power and breadth. 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 a few), Bruce Springsteen's autobiography is written with the lyricism of a unique songwriter and the wisdom of someone who has deeply contemplated his experiences.