| Description |
xvi, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: A dark night in Philadelphia -- Seasoned by struggle. The making of Grant ; Conflicted warrior ; The lost years -- The making of a general. The Union cause ; Lincoln's general ; Surrender --The political journey. Chaos ; The outlier president ; The battlegound of Reconstruction -- A grand bargain. The bitter divide ; An election in doubt ; The presidency saved -- The final battle. The search for purpose ; Grant's own story ; The meaning of Grant's life...then and now. |
| Summary |
From Bret Baier comes a reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant, arguing that the great Civil War commander's battle to save the Union continued to the very end of his presidency when a crisis threatened to fracture the still fragile nation once again. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1876.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Whitney, Catherine.
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| Added Title |
Ulysses S. Grant, the fragile Union, and the crisis of 1876 |
| ISBN |
9780063039544 |
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0063039540 |
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