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American Ulysses : a life of Ulysses S. Grant / Ronald C. White.

White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- (author.).

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A biography of one of America's greatest generals and most misunderstood presidents, American Ulysses 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. He 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 and was the first president to state that the government's policy toward American Indians was immoral.

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  • ISBN: 9781400069026
  • ISBN: 1400069025
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 826 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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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.
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