U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition

U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition

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Publisher Description

A concise biography of the legendary Union general and controversial US president from “one of America’s foremost Civil War authorities” (Kirkus Reviews).

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton explores the life and legacy of one of the nation’s most misunderstood heroes: Ulysses S. Grant. In this classic work, Grant emerges as a complicated figure whose accomplishments have all too often been downplayed or overlooked.
 
Catton begins with Grant’s youth and his service as a young lieutenant under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War. He recounts Grant’s subsequent disgrace, from his forced resignation for drinking to his failures as a citizen farmer and salesman. He then chronicles his redemption during the Civil War, as Grant rose from the rank of an unknown solider to commanding general of the US Army and savior of the Union.
 
U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition details all of his signature campaigns: From Fort Henry, Shiloh, and the Siege of Vicksburg to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Grant won national renown. Then, as a two-term president, Grant achieved a number of underrated successes that must figure into any telling of his life.
 
From Grant’s childhood in Ohio to his final days in New York, this succinct and illuminating biography is required reading for anyone interested in American history.
 

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2015
November 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
201
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
2.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Irish Democrat ,

Somewhat dated but still a tremendous book

There are More modern histories and biographies of Grant and the Civil War. Still Catton is eminently readable enjoyable and a great starting point for anyone concerned with knowing the personalities and chronology of America Civil War.

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