Ulysses Grant in living history -- Prologue. A dark night in Philadelphia -- The making of Grant -- Conflicted warrior -- The lost years -- The Union cause -- Lincoln's General -- Surrender -- Chaos -- The outlier President -- The battleground of Reconstruction -- The bitter divide -- An election in doubt -- The Presidency saved -- The search for purpose -- Grant's own story -- The meaning of Grant's life ... then and now.
Summary:
A "reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant, arguing that the great Civil War commander's battle to save the Union continued to the very end of his presidency when a crisis threatened to fracture the still fragile nation once again"--Provided by publisher.
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