Springsteen: 'Outlaw Pete' book available November 4

Springsteen: 'Outlaw Pete' book available November 4

"Outlaw Pete" is a book by Bruce Springsteen and illustrated by Frank Caruso based on the famous song about a bank-robbing baby whose exploits become a meditation on sin, fate, and free will. It now has an official release date: November 4.
You can already pre-order the book via the usual e-stores.

You can now read the full afterword written by Springsteen, below:

"The story of Outlaw Pete flows from many sources. The wild, colorful characters of my second record, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, every Western (spaghetti or otherwise) I’ve seen since I was a kid, and probably all the way back to the bedtime story Brave Cowboy Bill my mom used to recite from memory to me a s a child.
Outlaw Pete is essentially the story of a man trying to outlive and outlast his sins. He’s challenging fate by trying to outrun his poisons, his toxicity. Of course, you can’t do that. Where we go, they go. You can only learn to live with it. How well or poorly we do that gauges how much grace we can bring into our lives along with our level of fortitude in body and soul.
It’s not easy and I’m not sure this is a children’s book, though I believe children instinctively understand passion and tragedy. And, a six-month-old, bank-robbing baby is a pretty good protagonist.
I want to thank Frank Caruso for bringing this book to me and for his wonderful art. Working with him was a pleasure. I also want to thank you, the reader … and wish you well as you ride
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