Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

I read this book before his political foray, and this book made me realize, the apathy and doomerism so prevalent in Mexican politics is here in the U.S. too. I now understand why so many people don't vote. A life of no ambitions, past triumphs washed away, but also their leaders, who have forgotten of those who played a critical role in westward expansion.