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02470aam a2200325 i 4500 001 B31EC1FEC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 230124s2024 tnu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022049037 020 $a 1684429765 020 $a 9781684429769 020 $a 1684429757 020 $a 9781684429752 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1365386184 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3614.E3455 $b Y68 2024 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230124 100 1 $a Neely, Brad, $e author. 245 10 $a You, me, and Ulysses S. Grant : $b a farcical biography / $c Brad Neely. 260 $a Nashville : $b Keylight Books, $c [2024] 263 $a 2401 300 $a 265 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "A farcical biography of Ulysses S. Grant, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is a history lesson disguised as an uproarious novel. Spanning from Grant's birth until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest-warts and all-portrait of a relatable American hero who wrestled with the same domestic divisions that we're dealing with today. But what makes this book truly special is in its playful, disruptive postmodernism and the characteristically Brad Neely, campy voice of its narrator. The book examines the validity of biography by hilariously breaking all the form's rules. Through his humor, Neely brings Ulysses S. Grant to life. And in bringing Grant to life, Brad Neely has created his greatest cult classic yet. Taking the accessible, pop history of Coe's You Never Forget Your First and adding more of the nerdy, punk humor of Rainn Wilson or Judd Apatow, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor readers alike. Though undeniably funny, the book forces us into an urgent discussion of how much progress we've really made since the Civil War and the costs we're willing to pay to see justice. You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant removes the pomp to deliver a hopeful message of human potential, that the heroes we now venerate were also flawed, flesh and blood individuals and that us, too, are never too small to achieve great things"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Grant, Ulysses S. $q (Ulysses Simpson), $d 1822-1885 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240202022126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B31EC1FEC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search