American Ulysses a life of Ulysses S. Grant
A "biography of one of America's greatest generals-- and most misunderstood presidents"--Amazon.com.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Formation, 1630-1848. "My family is American" ; "My Ulysses" ; West Point ; "Dear Julia" ; "By treaty or the sword" ; "Army of invasion"
- Trial, 1848-1861. Panama ; "Forsaken" ; "Hardscrabble" ; Galena
- Transformation, 1861-1865. "I am in to do all I can" ; Belmont ; "Unconditional surrender" ; Shiloh ; William Tecumseh Sherman ; "More than forty Richmonds" ; Vicksburg ; Chattanooga ; "Washington's legitimate successor" ; "Battle of the Wilderness" ; Robert E. Lee ; Petersburg ; Appomattox
- Reconstruction, 1865-1868. "I will keep my word" ; "More & more radical" ; "Let us have peace"
- President, 1869-1877. "Gold panic" ; "A radical change in Indian policy" ; "Foreign relations" ; Ku Klux Klan ; "The Gilded Age" ; "Malfeasance!" ; Centennial crisis
- World citizen, 1879-1885. American ambassador ; Grant & Ward ; Final campaign.
