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American Ulysses : A Life of Ulysses S. Grant /

A "biography of one of America's greatest generals-- and most misunderstood presidents"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Generals.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
United States.
1861-1877
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Formation 1630-1848
  • "My family is American"
  • "My Ulysses"
  • West Point
  • "Dear Julia"
  • "By treaty or the sword"
  • "Army of invasion"
  • Part II. Trial 1848-1861
  • Panama
  • "Forsaken"
  • "Hardscrabble"
  • Galena
  • Part II. 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
  • Part IV. Reconstruction 1865-1868
  • "I will keep my word"
  • "More & more radical"
  • "Let us have peace"
  • Part V. President 1869-1877
  • "Gold panic"
  • "A radical change in Indian policy"
  • "Foreign relations"
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • "The Gilded Age"
  • "Malfeasance!"
  • Centennial crisis
  • Part VI. World citizen 1879-1885
  • American ambassador abroad
  • Grant & Ward
  • Final campaign
  • Epilogue.