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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

One of the kings of historical biographies takes on one of the most misunderstood historical figures. Ulysses S. Grant is known for a great many things but Ron Chernow is here to set the record straight and ensure that readers know what the Union general turned President of the United States was really all about.

The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017

“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic


Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.

Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman...

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