Two longtime 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 USAis 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 our countrys polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsidersone Black and one whitelooking 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 newmaterial from theRenegadespodcast recording sessions
Obamas never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches
Springsteens 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 favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion forand the occasional toll oftelling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.

Barack Obamawas the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the author of threeNew York Timesbestselling books,Dreams from My Father,The Audacity of Hope, andA Promised Land, and is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

Bruce Springsteenhas been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of twenty Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Kennedy Center Honor. He is the author of theNew York TimesbestsellerBorn to Run,and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

• Publisher: Crown; Annotated edition (October 26, 2021)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• ISBN-10: 0593236319
• ISBN-13: 9780593236314
• Item Weight: 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions: 9.02 x 0.94 x 10.87 inches

Author: Obama, Barack, Springsteen, Bruce

USA

Published on 26 October 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd (Viking) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 320 pages, Illustrations, colour
236 x 280 x 33 | 1532g

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.