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03465aam a22006018i 4500 001 1E2FBD0C2CCD11E888DF426797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180321010011 007 tb 008 171030t20182017meuab db 000 0beng 010 $a 2017051903 020 $a 143284959X 020 $a 9781432849597 035 $a (OCoLC)1008771058 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OPW $d IK2 $d IUK $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 10 $a E672 $b .C47 2018 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Chernow, Ron, $e author. 245 10 $a Grant / $c Ron Chernow. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2018. 300 $a 1485 pages (large print) : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 340 $n large print (16 pt.) $2 rda 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print core 504 $a Includes bibliographical references pages 1291-1479). 505 0 $a Introduction: The Sphinx talks -- Part one: A life of struggle. Country bumpkin ; The darling young lieutenant ; Rough and ready ; The son of temperance ; Payday -- Part two: A life of war. The store clerk ; The quiet man ; Twin forts ; Dynamo ; A glittering lie ; Exodus ; Man of iron ; Citadel ; Deliverance ; Above the clouds ; Idol of the hour ; Ulysses the Silent ; Raging storm ; Heavens hung in black ; Caldron of hell ; Chew & choke ; Her satanic majesty ; Dirty boots ; A singular, indescribable vessel -- Part three: A life of peace. Soldierly good faith ; Swing around the circle ; Volcanic passion ; Trading places ; Spoils of war ; We are all Americans ; Sin against humanity ; The darkest blot ; A dance of blood ; Vindication ; A butchery of citizens ; The bravest battle ; Let no guilty man escape ; Saddest of the falls ; Redeemers -- Part four: A life of reflection. The wanderer ; Master spirit ; A miserable dirty reptile ; Taps. 520 $a Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. 600 10 $a Grant, Ulysses S. $q (Ulysses Simpson), $d 1822-1885. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $v Biography. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1869-1877. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print core series. 941 $a 11 945 $a lpt 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611015519.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020545.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331013336.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215031514.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200303014803.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20180728014051.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20180519011030.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20180519010410.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20180501011455.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20180501010618.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180321010100.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1E2FBD0C2CCD11E888DF426797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search