Grant
By: Ron Chernow
Edition: Large print edition
Series: Thorndike Press large print core
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1485
ISBN-13: 9781432849597
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Politics and government; Generals; Presidents; United States; United States. Army; Biography; History
Description: Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references pages 1291-1479).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Sphinx talks; title: Part one: A life of struggle. Country bumpkin ; The darling young lieutenant ; Rough and ready ; The son of temperance ; Payday; title: 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; title: 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; title: Part four: A life of reflection. The wanderer ; Master spirit ; A miserable dirty reptile ; Taps.