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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln, a major new biography of one of America’s greatest generals—and most misunderstood presidents
Winner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography • Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize
In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham...
Winner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography • Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize
In his time, Ulysses S. Grant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham...
3) Grant
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"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, 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 inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil...
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"America's 18th president was, and still is, well known for his efforts leading the North to victory during the American Civil War. But many stories surrounding Grant aren't actually true. For example, is it true that Grant was arrested for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage? Is it true that his middle name is actually Simpson? Readers will find the answers to these questions inside this detailed guide to Grant's life. The at-level text is paired...
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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A dramatization of the confrontations between Robert E. Lee, Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant during the last two years of the Civil War.
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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This book tells the full story of the year-long campaign to win Vicksburg. This Civil War battle solidified Grant's reputation as the Union's most capable general. In the course of the campaign, tens of thousands of slaves fled to the Union lines, where more than 20,000 became soldiers, while others seized the plantations they had been forced to work on, destroying the economy of a large part of Mississippi and creating a social revolution.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil-when Ulysses S. Grant wielded the power of the federal government in an attempt to dismantle the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan, which celebrated historian Fergus Bordewich defines as "the first organized terrorist movement in American history," rose from the ashes of the Civil War. At its peak in the early 1870s, the Klan boasted many tens of thousands of members,...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption, Grant journeys back in time. He had once been the savior of the Union, the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox, a twice-elected president who fought for the civil...
12) Shenandoah
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Civil War battle series volume 8
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English
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Shenandoah follows a Southern family through the trials and tribulations of the American Civil War. The long-absent Titus Brannon returns home to find that his wife has remarried.
13) Grant
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The dramatized mini-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
"Tells the ... American story of a humble man who overcomes incredible obstacles to rise to the highest ranks of power and save the nation not once, but twice. This complete three-part miniseries seamlessly blends expert commentary, dramatic reenactments, and ... enhanced archival imagery...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Set among the splendor of the Rocky Mountains in 1880, The Grant Conspiracy takes you to a Colorado mining town being torn apart by an evil law firm out for revenge for Black Friday. Frost and Hancock are ex-Confederates who, with the help of their henchmen, are plotting the assassination of former president Ulysses S. Grant. But they're not angry over the war; rather, their hatred comes from pure greed. They lost their fortunes when Grant dumped...
15) Ulysses S. Grant
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Times Books
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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"Ulysses S. Grant is commonly remembered as a general of fierce determination and strategic vision - the military leader who turned the tide of the Civil War and led the Union armies to victory, and who showed magnanimity and vision at Appomattox. His presidency is another matter. Here, the most common word used to characterize it is "scandal." Grant is routinely portrayed as a man out of his depth in the world of politics, whose eight years in office...
16) Grant
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"Ulysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. As general in chief, Grant revolutionized modern warfare. Rather than capture enemy territory or march on Southern cities, he concentrated on engaging and defeating the Confederate armies in the field, and he pursued that strategy relentlessly....
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Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This HBO original centers on Charles Eastman Beach, a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief who refuses to submit to the U.S. government's Indian policy; and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for the policy. This title has been repackaged.
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated history, this rosy image conceals a seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of nation would emerge from war. The combatants in that debate...
19) The Indian Ring
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Joshua Strongheart novels volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A spy has infiltrated President Grant's administration. The best man to weed him out: Joshua Strongheart, a half-Lakota warrior/half-white lawman of national repute. But luck isn't on Strongheart's side. As soon as word gets out that he's on the job, a group of well-trained shooters are on his trail. Ronald M. Hartwell once worked for the Secretary of War, but he is now the leader of the Indian Ring - a deadly syndicate of criminals out to decimate...
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