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- catalog abstract "Based on extensive research, including material either not seen or not used by other writers, this biography explains for the first time how Grant's military genius ultimately triumphed as he created a new approach to battle. As president, Grant was widely misunderstood and underrated. That was mainly because he was, as Perret shows, the first modern president - the first man to preside over a rich, industrialized America that had put slavery behind it and was struggling. to provide racial justice for all. Grant's story - from a frontier boyhood to West Point; from heroic feats in the Mexican War to grinding poverty in St. Louis; from his return to the army to eventual election to the presidency; from his two-year journey around the world to his final battle to finish his Personal Memoirs - is one of the most adventurous and moving in American history.".
- catalog contributor b10272547.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Based on extensive research, including material either not seen or not used by other writers, this biography explains for the first time how Grant's military genius ultimately triumphed as he created a new approach to battle. As president, Grant was widely misunderstood and underrated. That was mainly because he was, as Perret shows, the first modern president - the first man to preside over a rich, industrialized America that had put slavery behind it and was struggling.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-529) and index.".
- catalog description "to provide racial justice for all. Grant's story - from a frontier boyhood to West Point; from heroic feats in the Mexican War to grinding poverty in St. Louis; from his return to the army to eventual election to the presidency; from his two-year journey around the world to his final battle to finish his Personal Memoirs - is one of the most adventurous and moving in American history.".
- catalog extent "xii, 542 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ulysses S. Grant.".
- catalog identifier "0679447660".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ulysses S. Grant.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Ulysses S. Grant.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.8/2/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E672 .P44 1997".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.".
- catalog subject "Presidents United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Biography.".
- catalog title "Ulysses S. Grant : soldier & president / Geoffrey Perret.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".