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Grant's final victory : Ulysses S. Grant's heroic last year / Charles Bracelen Flood.
In a masterful narrative, a prominent historian brings to life the last year of General Grant's life--a tragic, poignant, and inspiring story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780306820281 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780306820564 (e-book)
- Physical Description: xvi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A change in fortune -- The man waiting for more bad news -- The lady at 3 East Sixty-sixth Street -- Retreat to New Jersey -- An opportunity -- To eat a peach, and soldier on -- Grant puts on his armor -- Mark Twain strides onto the stage -- Horses, and a last cigar -- A bittersweet Christmas -- Things come together -- Twenty years after the nation's great redemptive moment ; Reactions to a sick hero ; Unmarked anniversaries -- The "man of iron" keeps going -- Another loan from Vanderbilt -- Sunlight and shadow -- Good-bye, Ulyss. And thank you. |
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| Subject: | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 > Last years. Presidents > United States > Biography. Generals > United States > Biography. United States. Army > Biography. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | B GRANT GRA (Text) | 34207001618322 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Knightstown PL - Knightstown | 973.820 Flo (Text) | 36334000005369 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Perry Co PL - Tell City Main Library | 921 GRANT (Text) | 70621000156989 | Adult - Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Sheridan PL - Sheridan | B GRA (Text) | 37745000508140 | Biography | Available | - |
