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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

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Category Archives: President #18 – U S Grant

Review of “Grant” by Ron Chernow

June 14, 2020

Ron Chernow’s “Grant” was published in 2017 to almost immediate acclaim and was named a Top 10 Book of the …

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Review of “American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant” by Ronald C. White

April 4, 2019

Ronald White’s “American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant” was published in 2016, two years after I spent eight …

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The Best Biographies of Ulysses S. Grant

September 30, 2014

[Updated] Despite the pivotal role he played in the Civil War and the importance of his administration to Reconstruction, I …

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Review of “The Man Who Saved the Union” by H.W. Brands

September 26, 2014

“The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses S. Grant in War and Peace” is H.W. Brands’s 2012 biography of the eighteenth …

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The Civil War as Never Seen by Ulysses Grant

September 21, 2014

Ulysses S. Grant was the ultimate hero of the Civil War in nearly every way. While Lincoln’s generals in the …

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Review of “Ulysses S. Grant” by Josiah Bunting

September 16, 2014

“Ulysses S. Grant” is Josiah Bunting’s 2004 biography of the eighteenth U.S. president. Bunting is an author, retired officer in the US Army …

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Review of “Grant” by Jean Edward Smith

September 13, 2014

“Grant” is Jean Edward Smith’s 2001 biography of the eighteenth U.S. president. It was the 2002 finalist for the Pulitzer …

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Review of “Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity” by Brooks Simpson

September 5, 2014

Brooks Simpson’s “Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865” was published in 2000 and is the first of two expected …

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Review of “Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President” by Geoffrey Perret

August 28, 2014

My second biography of the eighteenth president was “Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President” by Geoffrey Perret. An American historian …

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Review of “Grant: A Biography” by William McFeely

August 17, 2014

“Grant: A Biography” is William McFeely’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1981 biography of the Union general and eighteenth president. McFeely is …

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Marching Ahead to Ulysses S. Grant

August 14, 2014

Having survived the presidency of Andrew Johnson, I’m moving on to six biographies of our eighteenth president, Ulysses S. Grant. …

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  • President #01 – G Washington
  • President #02 – J Adams
  • President #03 – T Jefferson
  • President #04 – J Madison
  • President #05 – J Monroe
  • President #06 – J Q Adams
  • President #07 – A Jackson
  • President #08 – M Van Buren
  • President #09 – W H Harrison
  • President #10 – J Tyler
  • President #11 – J Polk
  • President #12 – Z Taylor
  • President #13 – M Fillmore
  • President #14 – F Pierce
  • President #15 – J Buchanan
  • President #16 – A Lincoln
  • President #17 – A Johnson
  • President #18 – U S Grant
  • President #19 – R Hayes
  • President #20 – J Garfield
  • President #21 – C Arthur
  • President #22 – G Cleveland
  • President #23 – B Harrison
  • President #24 – G Cleveland
  • President #25 – W McKinley
  • President #26 – T Roosevelt
  • President #27 – W H Taft
  • President #28 – W Wilson
  • President #29 – W Harding
  • President #30 – C Coolidge
  • President #31 – H Hoover
  • President #32 – F Roosevelt
  • President #33 – H Truman
  • President #34 – D Eisenhower
  • President #35 – J Kennedy
  • President #36 – L Johnson
  • President #37 – R Nixon
  • President #38 – G Ford
  • President #39 – J Carter
  • President #40 – R Reagan
  • President #41 – GHW Bush
  • President #42 – W Clinton
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