Grant: The Making of a Legendary Military Leader, (Hardcover)

<p>General of the Union army and later president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced challenges as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, a thwarted Reconstruction, the sordid early years of the Gilded Age, and the battle for African American freedom. Focusing on his greatest military achievement in Vicksburg, Mississippi, <em>Grant</em> offers fresh insight into a man whose life was marked by the extremes of achievement and tragedy, from the heights of Civil War success to the depths of public ire and extreme poverty. Alongside a granular depiction of the Union victory that reopened the Mississippi River, renowned Civil War historian James Lee McDonough restores the reputation of a man whose standing has been long diminished and provides a depiction of America during and after its bloody internecine conflict. <em>Grant</em> is a riveting portrait of one of our nation's most legendary leaders, through the lens of one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns.</p>

• Grant: The Making of a Legendary Military Leader, (Hardcover)
• Author: W. W. Norton & Company
• ISBN: 9781324130420
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-11-17
• Page Count: 480