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The #1 New York Times bestseller and  New York Times Book Review  10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . .  Grant  hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.”  — Ta-Nehisi Coates ,  The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner 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. 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. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in 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 Vick

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Author
Ron Chernow; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780525521952
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Biography, Memoir
Rating
4.54 / 5 (295 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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