American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
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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
Lincoln in the Trinity of Great American Leaders. But the
battlefield commander-turned-commander-in-chief fell out of favor
in the twentieth century. In American Ulysses, Ronald C. White
argues that we need to once more revise our estimates of him in the
twenty-first. Based on seven years of research with primary
documents--some of them never examined by previous Grant
scholars--this is destined to become the Grant biography of our
time. White, a biographer exceptionally skilled at writing
momentous history from the inside out, shows Grant to be a
generous, curious, introspective man and leader--a willing
delegator with a natural gift for managing the rampaging egos of
his fellow officers. His wife, Julia Dent Grant, long marginalized
in the historic record, emerges in her own right as a spirited and
influential partner. Grant was not only a brilliant general but
also a passionate defender of equal rights in post-Civil War
America. After winning election to the White House in 1868, he used
the power of the federal government to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He
was the first president to state that the government's policy
toward American Indians was immoral, and the first ex-president to
embark on a world tour, and he cemented his reputation for courage
by racing against death to complete his Personal Memoirs. Published
by Mark Twain, it is widely considered to be the greatest
autobiography by an American leader, but its place in Grant's life
story has never been fully explored--until now. One of those rare
books that successfully recast our impression of an iconic
historical figure, American Ulysses gives us a finely honed,
three-dimensional portrait of Grant the man--husband, father,
leader, writer--that should set the standard by which all future
biographies of him will be measured. Praise for American Ulysses
Ronald C. White] portrays a deeply introspective man of ideals, a
man of measured thought and careful action who found himself in the
crosshairs of American history at its most crucial moment.--USA
Today White delineates Grant's virtues better than any author
before. . . . By the end, readers will see how fortunate the nation
was that Grant went into the world--to save the Union, to lead it
and, on his deathbed, to write one of the finest memoirs in all of
American letters.--The New York Times Book Review Ronald White has
restored Ulysses S. Grant to his proper place in history with a
biography whose breadth and tone suit the man perfectly. Like Grant
himself, this book will have staying power.--The Wall Street
Journal Magisterial . . . Grant's esteem in the eyes of historians
has increased significantly in the last generation. . . . American
Ulysses] is the newest heavyweight champion in this movement.--The
Boston Globe Superb . . . illuminating, inspiring and deeply
moving.--Chicago Tribune In this sympathetic, rigorously sourced
biography, White . . . conveys the essence of Grant the man and
Grant the warrior.--Newsday
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