In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious,
controversial, and truly unique life.
The greatest immigrant success story of our time.
His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it
brilliantly in these pages.
He was born in a year of famine, in a small Austrian town, the son of an
austere police chief. He dreamed of moving to America to become a
bodybuilding champion and a movie star.
By the age of twenty-one, he was living in Los Angeles and had been
crowned Mr. Universe.
Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest
bodybuilder in the world.
Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire
from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and
bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his
debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.
Within twenty years, he was the world's biggest movie star, the husband
of Maria Shriver, and an emerging Republican leader who was part of the
Kennedy family.
Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow
body-builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California,
the seventh largest economy in the world.
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and
political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment,
election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.
With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a
scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together.
Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own
voice.
Here is Arnold, with total recall.
