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American Ulysses (häftad, eng)
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Winner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize
In his time, Ulysses SGrant was routinely grouped with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the Trinity of Great American Leaders. But the battlefield commanderturnedcommander-in-chief fell out of favor in the twentieth century. In American Ulysses, Ronald C. White argues that we need to once more revise our estimates of him in the twenty-first.
Based on seven years of research with primary documentssome of them never examined by previous Grant scholarsthis is destined to become the Grant biography of our timeWhite, a biographer exceptionally skilled at writing momentous history from the inside out, shows Grant to be a generous, curious, introspective man and leadera willing delegator with a natural gift for managing the rampaging egos of his fellow officers. His wife, Julia Dent Grant, long marginalized in the historic record, emerges in her own right as a spirited and influential partner.
Grant was not only a brilliant general but also a passionate defender of equal rights in post-Civil War AmericaAfter winning election to the White House in 1868, he used the power of the federal government to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He was the first president to state that the governments policy toward American Indians was immoral, and the first ex-president to embark on a world tour, and he cemented his reputation for courage by racing against death to complete his Personal Memoirs.
Published by Mark Twain, it is widely considered to be the greatest autobiography by an American leader, but its place in Grants life story has never been fully exploreduntil now.
One of those rare books that successfully recast our impression of an iconic historical figure, American Ulysses gives us a finely honed, three-dimensional portrait of Grant the manhusband, father, leader, writerthat should set the standard by which all future biographies of him will be measured.
Praise for American Ulysses
[Ronald CWhite] portrays a deeply introspective man of ideals, a man of measured thought and careful action who found himself in the crosshairs of American history at its most crucial moment.USA Today
White delineates Grants virtues better than any author before. . . By the end, readers will see how fortunate the nation was that Grant went into the worldto save the Union, to lead it and, on his deathbed, to write one of the finest memoirs in all of American letters.The New York Times Book Review
Ronald White has restored Ulysses SGrant to his proper place in history with a biography whose breadth and tone suit the man perfectly. Like Grant himself, this book will have staying power.The Wall Street Journal
Magisterial . . . Grants esteem in the eyes of historians has increased significantly in the last generation. . . [American Ulysses] is the newest heavyweight champion in this movement.The Boston Globe
Superb . . . illuminating, inspiring and deeply moving.Chicago Tribune
In this sympathetic, rigorously sourced biography, White . . conveys the essence of Grant the man and Grant the warrior.Newsday
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 864 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Random House USA Inc |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2017-06-06 |
| ISBN | 9780812981254 |
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Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 864
- Språk Engelska
- Utgivningsdatum 2017-06-06
- ISBN 9780812981254
- Förlag Random House Usa Inc
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 864
- Språk Engelska
- Utgivningsdatum 2017-06-06
- ISBN 9780812981254
- Förlag Random House Usa Inc