000799383 000__ 02818cam\a2200385\i\4500 000799383 001__ 799383 000799383 005__ 20210515134856.0 000799383 008__ 170531t20172017nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000799383 010__ $$a 2017025263 000799383 019__ $$a973001968$$a973281882 000799383 020__ $$a9781594204876$$q(hardcover) 000799383 020__ $$a159420487X$$q(hardcover) 000799383 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn973115556 000799383 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF$$dOCLCA$$dVTL$$dJAI$$dCCE$$dBUR$$dOQX$$dCZA$$dZHB$$dNYP$$dTXKYL$$dTLE$$dIUK$$dKVIJL$$dYDX 000799383 042__ $$apcc 000799383 043__ $$an-us--- 000799383 049__ $$aISEA 000799383 05000 $$aE672$$b.C47 2017 000799383 08200 $$a973.8/2092$$aB$$223 000799383 1001_ $$aChernow, Ron,$$eauthor. 000799383 24510 $$aGrant /$$cRon Chernow. 000799383 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Press,$$c2017. 000799383 300__ $$axxiii, 1074 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c25 cm 000799383 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000799383 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000799383 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000799383 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 1021-1031) and index. 000799383 5050_ $$aIntroduction: The Sphinx talks -- Part one: A life of struggle. Country bumpkin ; The darling young lieutenant ; Rough and ready ; The son of temperance ; Payday -- Part two: A life of war. The store clerk ; The quiet man ; Twin forts ; Dynamo ; A glittering lie ; Exodus ; Man of iron ; Citadel ; Deliverance ; Above the clouds ; Idol of the hour ; Ulysses the Silent ; Raging storm ; Heavens hung in black ; Caldron of hell ; Chew & choke ; Her satanic majesty ; Dirty boots ; A singular, indescribable vessel -- Part three: A life of peace. Soldierly good faith ; Swing around the circle ; Volcanic passion ; Trading places ; Spoils of war ; We are all Americans ; Sin against humanity ; The darkest blot ; A dance of blood ; Vindication ; A butchery of citizens ; The bravest battle ; Let no guilty man escape ; Saddest of the falls ; Redeemers -- Part four: A life of reflection. The wanderer ; Master spirit ; A miserable dirty reptile ; Taps. 000799383 520__ $$a"Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Ron Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency."--Book jacket. 000799383 60010 $$aGrant, Ulysses S.$$q(Ulysses Simpson),$$d1822-1885. 000799383 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy$$vBiography. 000799383 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000799383 650_0 $$aGenerals$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000799383 655_7 $$aBiographies.$$2lcgft 000799383 77608 $$iOnline version:$$aChernow, Ron, author.$$tGrant$$dNew York : Penguin Press, 2017$$z9780525521952$$w(DLC) 2017027493 000799383 85200 $$bgen$$hE672$$i.C47$$i2017 000799383 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:799383$$pGLOBAL_SET 000799383 980__ $$aBIB 000799383 980__ $$aBOOK