Ulysses S. Grant - The Unlikely Hero

A lavishly illustrated edition of Michael Korda's acclaimed biography of the man who ended the Civil War, served two terms as president, and wrote one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature Ulysses S. Grant was the first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. In this succinct and vivid biography, newly conceived with twenty-four pages of full-color art and many black-and-white illustrations throughout, Michael Korda offers a dramatic reconsideration of the man, his life, and his presidency. Ulysses S. Grant is an evenhanded and stirring portrait of a flawed leader who nevertheless ably guided the United States through a pivotal juncture in its history.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Korda
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9780062279774
• ISBN: 978-0-06-227977-4
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 191 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Serie: Eminent Lives
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; military history, Memoirs, Biography: royalty, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, General and world history, Political science and theory, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Political structure and processes, Civil wars, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: CIVIL WAR, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Presidents & Heads of State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, HISTORY: Essays, History / American, History / Civil War