| Authors: |
Brands, H. W.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography
Grant, Ulysses S.(Ulysses Simpson),1822-1885.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Doubleday, c2012. |
| Description: |
718 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780385532419 : 0385532415 |
| Notes: |
Map on endpapers. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-695) and index. |
| Contents: |
Proud walls -- The rage of Achilles -- And give the peace. |
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bios
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| Summary: |
A masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history. |