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Ulysses S. Grant

Title

Ulysses S. Grant / Josiah Bunting III.

Author

Bunting, Josiah, III, 1939-

Publication

New York : Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

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Description

xx, 180 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"Ulysses S. Grant is commonly remembered as a general of fierce determination and strategic vision - the military leader who turned the tide of the Civil War and led the Union armies to victory, and who showed magnanimity and vision at Appomattox. His presidency is another matter. Here, the most common word used to characterize it is "scandal." Grant is routinely portrayed as a man out of his depth in the world of politics, whose eight years in office were without useful achievement and whose trusting nature and hands-off management style opened the federal coffers to plunder." "But this assessment, Josiah Bunting III argues, is both caricature and cliche. Grant came to Washington in March 1869 to lead a country still bitterly divided by the legacy of the Civil War. Andrew Johnson, his predecessor, had been impeached and almost driven from office, and radical Republicans in Congress had imposed harsh conditions on the states of the former Confederacy. Grant committed himself to reunite and reforge the Union, and to resurrect and strengthen Abraham Lincoln's greatest legacy: full citizenship for the former slaves and their posterity. In these missions he succeeded."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The American presidents series

Uniform Title

American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biography.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Problem of Grant -- A Son of the West -- A Military Education -- Peace Is Hell -- "I Propose to Move Upon Your Works" -- Victory -- The Road to the White House -- Politics High and Low -- Beyond Our Shores -- Reconstruction -- The Original Inhabitants -- Reform, Rebuff, Reelection -- Scandals -- A Noble Exit -- The final chapter -- Milestones.

Call Number

JFD 18-3082

ISBN

0805069496
9780805069495

LCCN

2004047889

OCLC

54803737

Author

Bunting, Josiah, III, 1939-

Title

Ulysses S. Grant / Josiah Bunting III.

Imprint

New York : Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The American presidents series

American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.

Local Note

Library's copy signed by author.

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Chronological Term

1869-1877

Research Call Number

JFD 18-3082

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