Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Advcersity, 1822-1865
Brooks D. Simpson
533 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0395659949
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 2000
American Civil WarAmerican HistoryBiographyCivil WarHistoryMilitary FictionNonfictionPresidentsUs PresidentsWar
A compelling biography of the Union general challenges stereotypes of Grant as a drunk and a bumbler, focusing on his brilliant military career and his political evolution into a man who came to see the war as the necessary destroyer of slavery. Tour.