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Author:

White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- author.

Title:

American Ulysses : a life of Ulysses S. Grant / Ronald C. White.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxvii, 826 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1869-1877.
Generals.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
United States.
1861-1877
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Formation, 1630-1848. "My family is American" ; "My Ulysses" ; West Point ; "Dear Julia" ; "By treaty or the sword" ; "Army of invasion" -- Trial, 1848-1861. Panama ; "Forsaken" ; "Hardscrabble" ; Galena -- Transformation, 1861-1865. "I am in to do all I can" ; Belmont ; "Unconditional surrender" ; Shiloh ; William Tecumseh Sherman ; "More than forty Richmonds" ; Vicksburg ; Chattanooga ; "Washington's legitimate successor" ; "Battle of the Wilderness" ; Robert E. Lee ; Petersburg ; Appomattox -- Reconstruction, 1865-1868. "I will keep my word" ; "More & more radical" ; "Let us have peace" -- President, 1869-1877. "Gold panic" ; "A radical change in Indian policy" ; "Foreign relations" ; Ku Klux Klan ; "The Gilded Age" ; "Malfeasance!" ; Centennial crisis -- World citizen, 1879-1885. American ambassador ; Grant & Ward ; Final campaign.

Summary:

A "biography of one of America's greatest generals-- and most misunderstood presidents"-- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1400069025
9781400069026

OCLC:

(OCoLC)929863809

LCCN:

2015044513

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