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Oct 10, 2017 · In this massive biography, Ron Chernow tells Grant’s story. Chernow challenges many of the presuppositions that are often held about Grant such as his military achievement was due to his superior numbers and that he, like his presidency, was corrupt.
ISBN. 978-1-59420-487-6 (Hardcover) Grant is a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow. Grant, a Union general during the Civil War, served two terms as president, from 1869 to 1877.
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Oct 10, 2017 · Ron Chernow's epic Grant is a masterful piece of scholarship which succeeds in bringing this much-maligned and misunderstood President into focus and making him indomitable (on the battlefield), incorruptible (with respect to rights for African Americans), and naïvely gullible.
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Oct 10, 2017 · In a book that is very much of its time, he puts Grant’s attitudes toward racism, anti-Semitism, political corruption and alcoholism front and center, while also homing in on every battle...
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.
Jul 13, 2023 · Ron Chernow’s new biography Grant traces the ups and downs of the storied life, including Grant’s efforts to reunite the country after the Civil War while protecting the rights of the newly freed people once bound to slavery. Recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, Chernow is the author of seven books.
