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Name: Grant
Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Author: Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant explores the life of the 18th President of the United States and celebrated Union general. The book covers Grant’s military leadership during the Civil War, his two presidential terms from 1869 to 1877, and argues that both his war commands and his administration have often been judged too harshly.

First publish date: 2017

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Political Biography

Authors: Ron Chernow

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