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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...

"In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.

A portrait of the nineteenth-century cavalry commander traces his rise from an unpromising West Point graduate to a distinguished military leader, covering his complicated marriage, mythologized defeat at Little Big Horn, and enduring legacy.

A biography of the commander general of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II who became the thirty-fourth President of the United States.

A Chinese American, who served as a combat intelligence officer during World War II in the China-Burma-India theater of operations, describes his wartime experiences.

"Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.

From 1942 to 1945, a secret war raged in the Philippines without the aid of Allied troops. Fought in the teeming hell of the disease-infected jungle, isolated from any outside help by the Japanese-controlled seas of the South Pacific, it was led by one courageous young American