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Ulysses S. Grant has been on the $50 bill since 1913. | Marina Vol/iStock via Getty Images Plus. While Grant was never personally involved in any of the wrongdoing while in office, ...
That may be why Ronald C. White’s new biography of Ulysses S. Grant, American Ulysses (Random House, 667 pp., **** out of four stars), seems especially relevant, despite its focus on the sepia ...
American Ulysses. A new look at the extraordinary life of President Ulysses S. Grant. A portion of the cover of "American Ulysses" by Ronald White. (Courtesy Random House) At nearly 40, Ulysses S ...
For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...
MSU hosts historian, author to speak on Ulysses S. Grant's battle to protect Reconstruction. Contact: Pattye Archer STARKVILLE, Miss.—Historian and author Fergus M. Bordewich will discuss his new book ...
‘You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant: A Farcical Biography’ By Brad Neely Keylight Books, 290 pages. While Reading Brad Neely’s “You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant,” I kept thinking of Norman O. Brown’s writing ...
One often overlooked and underappreciated is Ulysses S. Grant, a victorious Union army general, accomplished U.S. president and man of destiny, especially for his role in helping to achieve ...
On page 931 of his 1,074-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant, author Ron Chernow drops an interesting, if relatively unimportant, local tidbit about the Civil War hero and 18th president of the ...
As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee into Oxford, Mississippi, in December 1862, he felt the ...
One often overlooked and underappreciated is Ulysses S. Grant, a victorious Union army general, accomplished U.S. president and man of destiny, especially for his role in helping to achieve ...