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"From Bret Baier comes a riveting reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant, arguing that the great Civil War commander's battle to save the Union continued to the very end of his presidency when a crisis threatened to fracture the still fragile nation once again"--
3) Grant
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 56
Language
English
4) Iron ties
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Series
Silver rush mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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In the sequel to Silver Lies, Inez Stannert struggles to deal with her shaky partnership in Leadville's Silver Queen saloon, a missing husband, and a child still back East. President Ulysses S. Grant prepares to make an appearance to celebrate the coming of the railroad, but old enemies, general lawlessness, and ruthless competitors could ruin everything.
5) Grant
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"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most complicated generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil...
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In May, 1863, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg. But after sustaining heavy casualties un two failed assaults against the rebels, Union soldiers are losing confidence and morale is low. Grant reluctantly decides to lay siege to the city, trapping soldiers and...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband, a father, a general, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate work of “superb historical fiction” (Booklist, starred review). Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after day. Desperate to complete...
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Encyclopedia of presidents volume 18
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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A biography of the eighteenth president of the United States, with information on his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of the Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Presents information about the personal and political turmoil in the career of the Civil War leader who became the eighteenth President.
11) Grant
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, and ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership strategies and by integrating new technologies into classical military strategy. In this biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant's creativity and genius off the...
14) Ulysses S. Grant
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ABDO
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
15) Ulysses S. Grant
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Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
16) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the life and career of the man who served as a Union general, helped the North win the Civil War, and became the eighteenth president of the United States.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without...
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""We were as brothers,"" William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible.
Heeding the call to save the Union, each struggled past political hurdles to join the war effort. Taking each other's measure
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his...
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