Washington book by ron chernow5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. ![]() His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.īefore the Civil War, Grant was flailing. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. ![]() Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge." - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic "Eminently readable but thick with import. Description The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 ![]()
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