Bibliograph

American Ulysses, a life of Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald C. White

Type

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American Ulysses, a life of Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald C. White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [669]-787and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American Ulysses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

929863809

Responsibility statement

Ronald C. White

Sub title

a life of Ulysses S. Grant

Summary

A "biography of one of America's greatest generals-- and most misunderstood presidents"--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

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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