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I read pages about Ulysses S. Grant in Ron Chernow&#;s authoritative biography. It was extraordinary. It&#;s hard not to agree with Chernow claims that Grant is the most underrated president in U.S. history.
I knew little to nothing about Grant going in, and hadn&#;t read a full length book about the Civil War before. So I got a superb education in the three areas I look for when reading a biography:
A person of consequence
The time period in which the person lived, in this case, Civil War-era America
The ideas that defined their life&#;s work &#; in this case, fighting to free slaves and to maintain that freedom afterwards
I highlighted sentences on my Kindle. I&#;ve pasted many of them below and bolded the sentences that stand out.
A few of my high level takeaways first:
Grant was a common man who for much of his life lacked grand ambition: &#;Unlike many great historical figures, Grant brooded on no vast dreams, harbored no spacious vision for his future, and would have settled for a contented, small-town life.&#;
Grant was and is to this day rather misunderstood as a drunkard who got lucky in war. He battled an inclination to alcohol his whole life but his reputation in this regard, Chrenow argues, is undeserved.
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We recently asked a number of top Civil War historians to let us know their favorite books about Ulysses S. Grant. The results are below. The books are ranked in order of popularity and accompanied by selected explanations from our panelists.
1. Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant (39% of our historians picked this book)
“One of the classic military autobiographies of all time.” —Allen C. Guelzo
“Grant had a way of telling his story that left you believing he must be right in a lasting masterpiece of American literature.” —Brooks D. Simpson
2. U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth by Joan Waugh (18%)
“This book is perfectly balanced in so many ways: It integrates Grant’s military career and his presidency, illuminates his personality as well as his image and legacy, and it both reaches out to general readers and offers news insights for the scholarly experts.” —Elizabeth Varon
T Grant by Ron Chernow (9%)
“Chernow’s biography of Grant is the best—the fullest, best researched, and most readable—of the large number of Grant bios.” —James M. McPherson
T Grant Moves South / Grant Takes Command by Bruce Catton (9%)
“In my view, Catton understood Grant the general and