num_pages: 264
description: In 1861 when the Civil War began Ulysses S. Grant was an ill-paid somewhat-drunken 38-year-old clerk in the township of Galena Illinois. Four years later when he received the surrender of the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee at the historic courthouse of Appomattox Grant had established himself as one of the great military commanders of all time. How such a transformation as extraordinary as any in the annals of generalship came about is examined in this volume. The author portrays Grant as one of the great military commanders and strategists of history. This book persuasively sets out the grounds upon which this conviction is based.
language: English
title: Grant: a Military Commander
publisher: Barnes & Noble Inc