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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060590157
ISBN-139780060590154
eBay Product ID (ePID)127336211
Product Key Features
Book TitleUlysses S. Grant : the Unlikely Hero
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPolitical Process / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, Military
Publication Year2004
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMichael. Korda
Book SeriesEminent Lives Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.1 Oz
Item Length7.1 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-046125
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Michael Korda has delivered a jewel of a short life of Ulysses S. Grant, a general deadly on the battlefield and unprepossessing off it. As a biographer Korda is Grant-like himself: unambiguous, decisive, clear. The book is a joy to read." -- Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove "In this compact, vivid biography of the Eisenhower of the American Civil War, Michael Korda distills Grant's concentrated essence. His portraiture is incisive, his battle scenes superb." -- Richard Rhodes, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award for The Making of the Atom Bomb "Those whose only perception of Ulysses S. Grant is that of an all-but-forgotten Civil War general, an inept president, and a failed businessman would do well to read Michael Korda's short but illuminating biography. Korda's insightful reassessment of this 'unlikely hero' will change your view. He concludes that a greater understanding of how Grant confronted the watershed crises of his era has major relevance today as America wrestles with equally far-reaching military and political issues of a scope and importance not unlike those of the mid-nineteenth century." -- Henry Kissinger "Ulysses S. Grant was America's very own anti-Napoleon: a general who hated war, a politician who served without charisma, a man of humility who eschewed myths about himself. Korda's book is a telling of Grant's life that is true to the thought and style of the subject: simple, clear, and deeply original. The sections comparing Grant to Ike or the recounting of the creation of Grant's bestselling memoirs are worth the price of the book." -- Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life "I think you've got Grant just right: tender-hearted and remorseless, unpromising at the start, but then a natural commander, shy and vain, the archetypal little man achieving giant stature. Your description of him at the end is terrific!" -- Justin D. Kaplan Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain "Korda's volume is interested in investigating the psychology of one of the great Americans of the 19th century. He examines Grant's successes and failures and shows the parts of his character that are evident in both. In doing so, he produces a gripping study of the man, operating successfully under the stresses of war, enduring failure in the stresses of peace, and coping with his fatal cancer. It is a broad, sweeping view of the man's life...an admirable introduction to one of the great men of American history." -- School Library Journal "Lively and well-constructed. . . . An excellent introduction to an important American life." -- Foreign Affairs "Make[s] Grant, for all his taciturnity and shyness, a fascinating and major historical player." -- Booklist "Korda does about as good a job of bringing Grant to life as possible and handles all the essential set pieces--Grant as Mexican War officer, Civil War general, president and author of masterful memoirs on the eve of his death--with much skill." -- Publishers Weekly, Michael Korda has delivered a jewel of a short life of Ulysses S. Grant, a general deadly on the battlefield and unprepossessing off it. As a biographer Korda is Grant-like himself: unambiguous, decisive, clear. The book is a joy to read.
Dewey Decimal973.8/2/092 B
Synopsis"Michael Korda has delivered a jewel of a short life of Ulysses S. Grant, a general deadly on the battlefield and unprepossessing off it. As a biographer Korda is Grant-like himself: unambiguous, decisive, clear. The book is a joy to read." --Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove The first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant was a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, and was the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. The son of an Ohio tanner, he has long been remembered as a brilliant general but a failed president whose second term ended in financial and political scandal. But now acclaimed, bestselling author Michael Korda offers a dramatic reconsideration of the man, his life, and his presidency. Ulysses S. Grant is an evenhanded and stirring portrait of a flawed leader who nevertheless ably guided America through a pivotal juncture in its history., One of the first two volumes in Harper's Eminent Lives series, Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant - a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature, and is today remembered as a brilliant general but a failed president. Ulysses S. Grant was the first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. In this succinct and vivid biography, Michael Korda considers Grant's character and reconciles the conflicting evaluations of his leadership abilities. Grant's life played out as a true Horatio Alger story. Despite his humble background as the son of a tanner in Ohio, his lack of early success in the army, and assorted failed business ventures, his unwavering determination propelled him through the ranks of military leadership and into the presidency. But while the general's tenacity and steadfastness contributed to his success on the battlefield, it both aided and crippled his effectiveness in the White House. Assessing Grant both within the context of his time and in contrast to more recent American leaders, Korda casts a benevolent eye on Grant's presidency while at the same time conceding his weaknesses. He suggests that though the general's second term ended in financial and political scandals, the fact remains that for eight years Grant exerted a calming influence on a country that had only just emerged from a horrendous civil war. Ulysses S. Grant is an even-handed and stirring portrait of a man who guided America through a pivotal juncture in its history.
LC Classification NumberE672.K75 2004
