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From Publishers Weekly This little book will inevitably be compared with Josiah Bunting's similarly short biography of one of the world's greatest military figures. The marriage of author and subject works well, although Korda (_Horse People: Scenes from the Riding Life_, etc.) doesn't have much new to say about Lincoln's favorite general. That's not surprising, since everyone now writes about Grant in the shadow of Edmund Wilson, who gave new fame to Grant's memoirs, and William McFeely, who has written the best full biography to date. Even so, Korda freshly characterizes his man without psychologizing an unpromising subject. Grant was, after all, unyieldingly stolid and tight-lipped. While his qualities of directness and taciturnity made him a great general, they didn't yield up a fascinating man or a great president. Korda does about as good a job of bringing Grant to life as possible and handles all the essential set piecesGrant as Mexican War officer, Civil War general, president and author of masterful memoirs on the eve of his deathwith much skill. He's less perceptive than Bunting about Grant's presidency and occasionally puts unnecessary erudition on display, but on the w

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Author

Korda, Michael

Publisher

HarperCollins e-books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780061755408

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Political Science, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (244 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14