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A New York Times best-selling historian/biographer whos given us firm portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among others, Brands here takes on Civil War general and two-term president Ulysses Grant. Grants reputation suffered after the war, partly because of Southern resentment, and Brands is out to give us a fairer, better picture. He reveals a first-rate general and a President who was both popular and compassionate, working hard to protect the rights of freedmen; Brands calls him the last presidential defender of black civil rights for nearly a century. Im betting on this one.
| Genre | NonFiction Historical Political Biography |
| Topics | Grant, Ulysses S. U.S. presidents Generals U.S. Civil War Military history American history American politics and government Grant, Ulysses S. U.S. presidents Generals U.S. Civil War Military history American history American politics and government |