For more than three decades, Bruce Springsteen's ability to express in words and music the deepest hopes, fears, loves, and sorrows of average Americans has made him a hero to his millions of devoted fans.Racing in the Streetis the first comprehensive collection of writings about Springsteen, featuring the most insightful, revealing, famous, and infamous articles, interviews, reviews, and other writings. This nostalgic journey through the career of a rock-'n'-roll legend chronicles every album and each stage of Springsteen's career. It's all here—Dave Marsh'sRolling Stonereview of Springsteen's ten sold-out Bottom Line shows in 1975 in New York City, Jay Cocks's and Maureen Orth's duelingTimeandNewsweekcover stories, George Will's gross misinterpretation of Springsteen's message on hisBorn in the USAtour, and Will Percy's 1999 interview forDouble Take, plus much, much more.