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Author:

Chernow, Ron, author.

Title:

Grant / Ron Chernow.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
United States.--Army--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.

Summary:

"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. ...Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had been dismal, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War, he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in the Civil War, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee after a series of unbelievably bloody battles in Virginia. Along the way Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. His military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff. All the while Grant himself remained more or less above reproach. But, more importantly, he never failed to seek freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him 'the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race." After his presidency, he was again brought low by ... a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, but he resuscitated his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

159420487X (hardback)
9781594204876 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)973115556

LCCN:

2017025263

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