Outlaw Pete is a 2014 book by Bruce Springsteen, with artwork by Frank Caruso, based on the song of the same name from Springsteen's album, Working on a Dream.

Outlaw Pete
Cover photo of the book
AuthorBruce Springsteen
IllustratorFrank Caruso
Cover artistFrank Caruso
LanguageEnglish
GenreGraphic novel
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
November 4, 2014[1]
Media typePaperback
E-book
Pages56 pages
ISBN978-1501103858

Outlaw Pete is about a bank-robbing baby whose exploits become a meditation on sin, fate, and free will. According to Springsteen, "Outlaw Pete is essentially the story of a man trying to outlive and outlast his sins."[2] The story came from many sources, including the many colorful characters on his album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, every western he had seen since he was a kid, and bedtime stories of Brave Cowboy Bill his mother used to recite to him as a child.[2][3]

"Outlaw Pete"
Song by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Working on a Dream
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009
Recorded2007–2008
GenreRock
Length8:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien

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