Broken but Unbowed

By: Greg Abbott

Narrated by: Van Tracy

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Texas governor and rising star in the Republican Party - one of the first prominent politicians to govern from a wheelchair since Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor Greg Abbott pens his deeply personal and inspiring life story and proposes a plan to restore America to greatness in what Newt Gingrich calls a "bold and compelling" read.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott lost his ability to walk when a huge oak tree crashed down on his back, fracturing vertebrae into his spinal cord, leaving him forever paralyzed. At 26 years old, he felt that the future he had dreamed of was gone.

But he soon realized that our lives are not defined by our challenges, but by how we respond to them. He went on to overcome his paralytic limitations to become the longest-serving attorney general in Texas history and now governor, all while in a wheelchair.

Greg Abbott waged a record number of legal challenges against the federal government that has come unhinged from the Constitution. He also led legal battles to defend the Second Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, and religious liberty. He personally appeared before the US Supreme Court to defend the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas Capitol Grounds - and won.

Through these fights he realized that his personal story held an important parallel to America's current challenges. The Constitution that forms the foundation of our country has been broken, but the people of this nation remain determined to achieve American greatness. Abbott explains that it is up to us to restore America to its rightful luster and power in the world, emerging triumphant from our stumbles.

In Broken but Unbowed, Governor Abbott describes firsthand what it was like to be on the battlefield in the historic fights that have refined the Constitution and the lessons he's learned along the way, offering solutions that will bring us back a government that lives up to the American Dream.

©2016 Greg Abbott (P)2016 Simon & Schuster

I enjoyed this book

This book is incredible and I am so glad that I found this book!! Thank you for writing it.

Great story by a great AMERICAN

If you feel hopeless about returning America to the rule of law, read this book!

A life of doing and Statesmanship!

A true text book giving both problems, solutions
with experience and symbolism. I enjoy the journey from painful beginning to challenging end# I highly recommend this book!

I highly recommend and believe in possibilities

I loved every chapter. I'm grateful for everything from courage to fighting whim's and winning with love by your side. You're Awesome Greg Abbott

Awesome! Every American should read this .

every American should read this regardless of political affiliation. Not only is greg abbott an impressive man but a true patriot with a plan to reinstate our Constitution.

Finally someone explains it all! Great book!

Excellent book and narration. I never thought I'd be interested in a book regarding politics but this book is well written and makes you think about our country in ways the media doesn't want you to.I have some friends who are constitutionalist and never understood why they were so passionate about it however after reading this book I understand their reasons.

Greg Abbott

I’d recommend this book to anyone who questions the value and the power that the citizens hold in this country. I think he makes a great point that the federal government has lost its way and we the people need to get us back on track.

An inspiring and political enlightening book

This country needs a courageous, visionary and strong character statesman like Greg Abbot to lead and restore the greatness of America back to the founding fathers' vision through his well articulated path.

He is a genuine person, dedicated father and charismatic leader. He transformed the worst that could possibly happen to a person into one of the great inspiring story of recent time. Texas is blessed to have him as its governor; America is blessed to have a future leader like Greg. I hope his book is available in other languages as his unbowed spirit is universal and inspiring to all humanity.