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Oct 15, 2022
A tip of the Observer's campaign hat to commenter donkeyhote, below, who thinks that Robert E. Lee was on the Union side! He got that straight from Dale Carnegie! But, give him a break, he may be a Canadian. He also thinks that John Wilkes…
Sep 30, 2022dissymissylessy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
tends not to lean as hard on the usual themes about the man. i like the juxtapositions between grant and lee, at appamattox. well done, author!
Jul 18, 2021pateljh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This a moving and heart wrenching story of a remarkable man, President and General Grant. Only weakness of this bio epic is lack of maps. It is clear that when the author describes battle scenes or troop movement, he has a map in front of…
Jun 10, 2021Pegnorton rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great writing, amazing detail, fascinating subject….
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Jan 07, 2021OccDoc42 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Little to add to the detailed praise in other comments, but having just finished the print version I would add that all that praise is well deserved. An incredible, detailed, and yet highly readable account of the man who, with Lincoln,…
Jan 05, 2021Ghettostone rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
From: Michael R Brown and BEST SELLER'SBOOK CLUB our review of author Ron Chernow's epic book titled, "GRANT" impossible to give this title justice! The life and times of Ulysses S. Grant an American Hero, who saved a nation during it's…
Nov 05, 2019kwylie04 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Ulysses S. Grant is a name that resonates with just about every American. A Civil War general and later President of the United States, his name is most often touted alongside some of the other great names that resounds through American…
Feb 23, 2019rlbeekman rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Nearly a thousand pages of text. So challenging to finish. But a terrific book. I already knew quite a bit about Grant's background and military career -- or rather two military careers: the rather undistinguished early career in…
Dec 29, 2018
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Dec 29, 2018tjdickey rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This volume is a massive rehabilitation of Grant, the General, and to a somewhat lesser extent Grant the President. Chernow freely admits Grant's alcoholism, and his failings in bureaucratic and political infighting, as well as his…
Dec 06, 2018jayebart rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant. Likely Grant is the most underrated, unknown person in American history. He should best be known for keeping the former slaves from being re-enslaved. The ugly residue of slavery still rings loud in the south today. A…
Jul 29, 2018AaronAardvark1940 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Wilderness, Vicksburg – like most Americans, I recognize these names from the Civil War, but this wonderful book brought them to life for me. Chernow has written history that reads like fiction, setting the context, describing the…
Jun 28, 2018pierce_b rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Ron Chernow writes a well researched book on a famous American General and president I didn't really know much about. Emphasizing Grants problem with alcohol that was greatly over blown in the press that was largely controlled and went…
Jun 16, 2018
I read somewhere that Gen. Grant was an alcoholic. This was the most salient feature mentioned. As for Gen. Lee, in the book of Dale Carnegie, titled: "How To Make Friends And Influence People", Carnegie writes that after the death of the…
Jun 16, 2018
With the success of his books on George Washington , Henry Ford and notably Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow has emerged as America’s preeminent biographer – and his latest book on US Grant is rightly regarded as one of his best. Chernow…
Jun 02, 2018ncoccoma rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Ron Chernow's Grant is essential reading for our time, rehabilitating the reputation of the greatest general in American history and one of our greatest--and most maligned--presidents. Grant emerges from this book not only as the military…
May 31, 2018peacebenow rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wow, I wished this book did not come to an end. Chernow is a wonderful writer and makes history so interesting and easy to read. Grant seems like a good friend through out this book and you'll find yourself pulling for all his successes…
May 29, 2018xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I can’t imagine a better book on a US president, on a military general, on a war, on American history. The Civil War didn’t end in long and mere four years. In my mind Grant stood out of an obscurity as the most prominent! Amongst…
May 29, 2018DCLadults rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The book was interesting but I found it overly complimentary of Grant and lacked objectivity concerning his accomplishments and mistakes. There was very little analytical value and instead was simply a well written reiteration of facts and…
Apr 23, 20181tarheel rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
My first foray into the World of Chernow and I'm hooked. Meticulously, almost absurdly researched, Chernow has the widest possible range of resources at his disposal (somehow) and the wisdom to use them even-handedly. I had no idea there…
Mar 19, 2018pterry25 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Learned a lot from this one. Very funny. More informative than high school civics class.
Mar 15, 2018orange_lobster_23 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Chernow presents a detailed analysis of Grant's paradoxical, misunderstood and mis- represented military and presidential career by carefully researching his family life, character development and intersection of the myriad of…
Jan 10, 2018pokano rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I gave White's biography of Grant 5 stars. That was before I read Ron Chernow's epic work (959 pages not including notes and acknowledgments). If you read only one book about Grant, read Chernow's. Never, ever boring, the book is rich in…
Oct 19, 2017jquick99 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I've never read a bio on Grant before, so unsure how much is the author's writing ability and insights vs Grant's life story, but I have been completely drawn in and had to put the book down and just weep for an honorable man who just…
Aug 21, 2017IanS_Librarian rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Chernow delivers another solid biography. I was a big fan of his Hamilton biography because he gives you a solid sense of the subject's personality and drive. I really got to know more about Grant before his Civil War successes and the…