Grant

by Ron Chernow

First published 2018

Ulysses S. Grant's life was a rollercoaster of triumph and disgrace. Disgraced from the army, he found redemption on the battlefields of the Civil War, rising through the ranks to become the Union's most trusted general. His military genius defeated the legendary Robert E. Lee, but his presidency was plagued by corruption scandals. Yet Grant never stopped fighting for justice, crushing the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass. This definitive biography uncovers the complex man behind the myths, from his lifelong struggle with alcoholism to his ultimate redemption through the publication of his memoirs.

Genres: biography, history, american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, biography-memoir, 19th-century

Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: overcoming-adversity, redemption

Setting: Fort Donelson, Mexico, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, St. Louis, New Orleans, Louisiana, California, San Francisco, Eureka, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, Washington D.C., Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, Manhattan, Galena (IL), Long Branch (NJ), New Jersey

Period: Civil War Period (1850-1877), 1822-1885, Civil War Period

1104 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books

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