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Revolution of hope: the life, faith, and dreams of a Mexican president by Vicente, Quesada Fox.
New Book Shelf F1236.9.F69 A3 2007

Published less than a year after his presidency came to a close, this wide-ranging overview of Fox's life unfolds at a furious pace, as he catalogs his many personal and professional achievements. Vicente Fox’s presidency of Mexico is historically significant for ending that country’s decades long one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The book initially focuses on Fox's early life, offering insight into his upbringing, details about his family life and vivid descriptions of the poverty that beset the country in the future president's formative years. Though his family was by no means wealthy, his father's career as a ranchero earned enough for Fox to study at a Jesuit school in Wisconsin.

In this memoir, he unravels his encounter with Arnold Schwarzenegger (Fox had his own "Schwarzenegger problem," as his mother was not a native Mexican citizen), offers his timely opinion on Barack Obama, discusses his differences with George W. Bush and he presents a passionate argument for globalization.

Check out Revolution of hope: the life, faith, and dreams of a Mexican president, available now in the library on the New Book Shelf F1236.9.F69 A3 2007