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2) Grant
Author
Series
Part volume 1 & 2
Language
English
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Description
"Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Ron 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."--Book jacket....
5) U. S. Grant album: a pictorial biography of Ulysses S. Grant from leather clerk to the White House
Author
Publisher
Superior Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1966
Language
English
Author
Series
Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the confrontations between Robert E. Lee, Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant during the last two years of the Civil War.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Synopsis: Living in semiretirement with Kai, his soon to be wife, Murphy is called back to action by his former boss, ex-President Grant. Writing his memoirs, Grant is about to embark on a cross-country speaking tour and wants Murphy to act as his private bodyguard. Murphy agrees and the tour starts without a hitch until they reach Washington DC. At a prominent university in the Washington area, a man suddenly stands in the middle of Grant's lecture,...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The moving story of Ulysses S. Grant's final battle, and the definitive account of the national memorial honoring him as one of America's most enduring heroes. The final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious general in the Civil War and the eighteenth president of the United States, is a colossal neoclassical tomb located in the most dynamic city in the country. It is larger than the final resting place of any other president or any other...
11) Iron ties
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
In the sequel to Silver Lies, Inez Stannert struggles to deal with her shaky partnership in Leadville's Silver Queen saloon, a missing husband, and a child still back East. President Ulysses S. Grant prepares to make an appearance to celebrate the coming of the railroad, but old enemies, general lawlessness, and ruthless competitors could ruin everything.
12) Grant
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 56
Language
English
Description
Arguing that Grant has been underrated by historians, the author seeks to correct the record with this new assessment of the celebrated Civil War general and Reconstruction-era president.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 18
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the eighteenth president of the United States, with information on his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.
14) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and times of the eighteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life as well as his military and political careers.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Ulysses S. Grant: An Album offers fresh insights, both visual and written, into one of American History's most important generals and presidents. Here, McFeely uses newspapers, portraits, photographs, paintings, sketches, and cartoons to examine and illuminate Grat, both the private man and the public figure.".
"What emerges is not only a narratively engaging text but also a portrait as full and detailed as the many photographs taken over the course...
Author
Language
English
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Description
They met on the battlefields of Vicksburg: Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and Johnny Yuma. United by fate in a nation divided by war, they were destined for greatness. Of the three, Johnny Yuma was the most elusive. A Confederate soldier during the war, he was about to play a key role in Grant's victory, Lee's surrender, and Custer's deadly campaigns. His life is the stuff of legend. But the truth has never been told--until now.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the personal and political turmoil in the career of the Civil War leader who became the eighteenth President.
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