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Grant : a biography

Author: William S McFeely
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©1981.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The story of the Ohioan who became the leader of the Union Army and later the president.
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Genre/Form: Biographie
Biographies
Named Person: Ulysses S Grant; Ulysses Simpson Grant; Ulysses S Grant
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William S McFeely
ISBN: 0393013723 9780393013726
OCLC Number: 6889578
Notes: Includes index.
Awards: Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1982.
Description: xiii, 592 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Crowds and families --
Cadetship and courtship --
The Mexican War --
A soldier between wars --
Galena --
Escaping from the ordinary --
Warriors --
Battles --
Shiloh --
Vicksburg --
Chattanooga --
Washington and the wilderness --
Petersburg --
Peace --
"On to Mexico" --
After the war --
The rising man --
The president and his cabinet --
Original occupants of this land --
A Friday and a friend --
England and Santo Domingo --
Democracy --
Greatness --
Wedding and whiskey --
Waifs --
Around the world --
Grant & Ward --
To write a book : to be a man.
Responsibility: William S. McFeely.

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The story of the Ohioan who became the leader of the Union Army and later the president.

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