The Man Who Saved the Union (Hardcover)

from mybucketlistofbooks

Very good one-volume biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Not quite up to the standards of those produced by Brooks Simpson and Jean Edward Smith...but not far behind. Vastly superior to the error riddled work by Geoffrey Perret or the technically competent, but interpretively flawed biography of Grant...

from buffalogr

Brands is very positive view of Grant during the Civil War--believing Grant to be the greatest military figure of the war. Once the Civil War is over, so is the excitement. He is also balanced in his view of Grant's Presidency-- a reasonable attempt to continue Reconstruction as proposed by Linco...

from Doondeck

A good survey of Grant's life. You get a real appreciation of how good he was as a general. He brought high values to the presidency but not enough energy to accomplish his goals. Throughout it all he was a good, decent man who led an honorable life.

from nbmars

General Ulysses S. Grant was in many respects a great man. He was undeniably a great general. As President of the United States, however, he didn't perform nearly as well; he just wasn't well-suited for the position. He had heart, and at least expressed much more passion for the plight of minorit...

from barlow304

Professor Brands's thrilling biography of US Grant covers his life from the hard-scrabble beginnings to the cancer-choking end. In between, he weaves a powerful narrative about a plain-spoken and humble man who was one of our nation's greatest military geniuses as well as a thoughtful and fairly ...