1869-1877

". . . 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.

A biography of Ulysses S. Grant, one of America's greatest generals and most misunderstood presidents.

The author presents a political biography on the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant and his attempts to reunite the Union after a bitter war and near impeachment of his predecessor and maintains that history has unjustly portrayed Grant's term in office as ineffective and corrupt.

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

Follows the military and political career of the general who became the "Hero of Appomattox" and the eighteenth president of the United States.