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03370aim a2200505Ii 4500 001 7EB4EB6AAD8011E7B2CCD40B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171010010142 007 sd fungnnmmneu 008 170403s2017 nyunnnne b n eng d 020 $a 0525529217 020 $a 9780525529217 035 $a (OCoLC)979562481 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d TEF $d BLACP $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Chernow, Ron, $e author. 245 10 $a Grant [CD book] / $c Ron Chernow. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Penguin Audio, $c 2017. 300 $a 38 audio discs (48 hr.) : $b digital, CD audio ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 480000 511 0 $a Read by Mark Bramhall. 520 $a A sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most complicated generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War; or as a credulous and hapless president whose tenure came to symbolize the worst excesses of the Gilded Age. These stereotypes don't come close to capturing adequately his spirit and the sheer magnitude of his monumental accomplishments. A biographer at the height of his powers, Chernow has produced a portrait of Grant that is a masterpiece, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. 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. 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 $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $v Biography. 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies & Memoirs. $2 local 655 7 $a History & Culture. $2 local 655 7 $a Nonfiction. $2 local 700 1 $a Bramhall, Mark, $e narrator. 941 $a 8 945 $a cdab 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20200310041150.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006112740.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20181005010840.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20180808032940.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20171212021915.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20171122010147.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20171109010143.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20171011010057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7EB4EB6AAD8011E7B2CCD40B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search