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American Ulysses : a life of Ulysses S. Grant / Ronald C. White.
A profile of the Civil War general and eighteenth U.S. president challenges his historical unpopularity, drawing on years of research with primary documents to explore Grant's character as one of generosity, curiosity, and introspection.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400069026
- Physical Description: xxvii, 826 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [669]-787) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Formation 1630-1848 -- "My family is American" -- "My Ulysses" -- West Point -- "My Dear Julia" -- "Either by treaty or the sword" -- "Army of invasion" -- Part II. Trial 1848-1861 -- Panama -- "Forsaken" -- "Hardscrabble" -- Galena -- Part III. 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" -- The Wilderness -- Robert E. Lee -- Petersburg -- Appomattox -- Part IV. Reconstruction 1865-1868 -- "I will keep my word" -- "More & more radical" -- "Let us have peace" -- Part V. President 1869-1877 -- Gold panic -- "A radical change in the Indian policy" -- Foreign relations -- Ku Klux Klan -- The Gilded Age -- "Malfeasance!" -- Centennial crisis -- Part VI. World citizen, 1879-1885 -- American ambassador -- Grant & Ward -- Final campaign -- Epilogue. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Bloomfield Eastern Greene Co PL - Bloomfield Main | 92 GRA (Text) | 36803000999255 | BIOGRAPHY | Available | - |
| Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | B GRANT U (Text) | 33118000177584 | Adult: Biography | Available | - |
| Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | REF 973.8 WHI (Text) | 33118000176403 | Reference | Available | - |
| Coatesville-Clay Twp PL - Coatesville | B GRANT (Text) | 78321000026079 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Eckhart PL - Main | BIO GRANT ulysses (Text) | 840191002622625 | Biographies - Upper Level | Available | - |
| Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | 921 GRA (Text) | 33187004147886 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Greensburg-Decatur Co PL - Greensburg | BIO GRANT (Text) | 32826014058192 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | B GRANT, ULYSSES S. WHITE (Text) | 33946003155483 | Adult Biographies | Available | - |
| Jay Co PL - Portland | B G763w (Text) | 76383000444711 | Adult Biographies | Available | - |
| LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library | B GR (Text) | 30477100980360 | Adult: Biography | Available | - |
