Renegades born in the USA
"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...
| Main Authors: | Springsteen, Bruce (Author), Obama, Barack (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crown,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
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| Item Description: |
"This work originally published as an eight-episode series podcast, Renegades: Born in the USA, in 2021"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: |
xii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780593236314 0593236319 |
| Author Notes: |
In 1997, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate and served until 2004. In 2000, he made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2005, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In 2007, he announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. On November 4, 2008, Obama defeated John McCain in the general election and became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. He wrote Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance in 1995 and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream in 2006. He won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards in 2006 and 2008 for abridged audiobook versions of both books. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. His book Of Thee I Sing came out in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) |