Ron Chernow.
RON CHERNOW: ULYSSES GRANT BIOGRAPHY
GRANT (2018)
Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. He served with distinction in the Mexican–American War, but resigned from the army in 1854 and returned to civilian life impoverished. In 1861, shortly after the Civil War began, Grant joined the Union Army; he rose to lead the Union Army.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ron Chernow is a leading American biographer and journalist. The subjects of his biographies include John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Haimilton and George Washington. He has also written accounts of the Morgan and Warburg banking families. He obtained degrees from Yale University and from Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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