THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - AND THE GIFT THAT WILL BE ON EVERY BRUCE AND BARACK FAN'S WISH
LIST! Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life music and
their enduring love of America with all its challenges and contradictions in this
stunningly-produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast featuring more
than 350 photographs exclusive bonus content and never-before-seen archival material.
Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid revealing and entertaining dialogue between President
Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their
origin stories and career-defining moments to their country's polarized politics and the
growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour
photographs and rare archival material it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait
of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional
searches for meaning identity and community with the American story itself. It includes: ·
Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen · Exclusive new material from
the Renegades podcast recording sessions · Obama's never-before-seen annotated speeches
including his Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches ·
Springsteen's handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career · Rare and
exclusive photographs from the authors' personal archives · Historical photographs and
documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation. In a recording studio
stocked with dozens of guitars and on at least one Corvette ride Obama and Springsteen
discuss marriage and fatherhood race and masculinity the lure of the open road and the call
back to home. They also compare notes on their favourite protest songs the most inspiring
American heroes of all time and more. Along the way they reveal their passion for-and the
occasional toll of-telling a bigger truer story about America throughout their careers and
explore how their fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity.
