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Review: Another wonderful biography of the last great american biographer. Magnificent - Ron Chernow is already stablished as the biographer of the XIX century America. His books on Washington, Hamilton, Grant, Rockefeller and Morgan can be read as the great chronic of politics and finance of the nation in the making. Some of those books are slightly better than others, yet they form an admirable, already essential, opus, and this precise one, the life of Ulysses Grant, ranks high in this little great canon. General (later President) Grant is one of the great men of the XIX century America, or perhaps of recent history. The man was a celebrated soldier, an excellent writer, twice President of the USA and a figure made a model of perseverance, strong will and stoicism - one of the more recognizable recent authors of the said stoicism, Ryan Holiday, had Grant as one of his central examples in his celebrated (and multi-million seller) "The Obstacle is the Way". Ulysses Grant was also a good husband and doting father. And then an alcoholic and a poor (a very poor) business man, who in spite of his evident success, was always in the verge of bankruptcy. All the previous is in the book, in a tale that runs through the best part of the XIX century and which has as secondary characters President Lincoln and Queen Victoria, amongst others. The tale is well told, the ups and downs of the man well drawn and the story flows. The event that made Grant - the American Civil War - is in the book, but as a background, secondary to the General who won it. At the end, we know a lot of a fascinating character, and also much on a fascinating country, still looking for its place in the world. The book is deeply researched and well written, with the trade-mark, almost recognizable, magnificent sober prose of Mr Chernow, making its 900 plus pages to go quick. Only a small flaw, a moot. The book sides too much with its subject. The author obviously admires its main character (who doesn't), but he shows the admiration too much. After every mistake made by Grant comes not only the explanation, but the justification. It paints a too neat of a picture of an evidently flawed man. Making his flaws clearer wouldn't have made Grant worse, only more human.
Review: Detailed history of a failure/general/President/writer whose character & history should be known - This book does an excellent job of telling the story of Grant's life and death. From his upbringing in Ohio, to his military experience, to business failure, back to the military for triumph, to politics, being scammed, writing his memoirs and dying. The author weaves such a great story it is like reading fiction. It's a fascinating character study of a very humble person with many failings who gets plucked by history to become the great man only to fall back again. My only criticisms are that the author is clearly biased against all businesspeople--anable or unwilling to differentiate between the good or bad--and tries too hard to emphasize the virtues of minorities (Ely Parker) and some women (Susan B. Anthony) in the story while finding it too easy to find the flaws in other woman (Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Grant) and many men (for example, Sheridan and Sherman). The author falls in love with his subject, as all biographers are wont to do (except if they are writing about businesspeople), so he fails to call Grant fully to account for his treatment of his essential benefactor, Washburne (who plucked him from obscurity and later sought political office against Grant's wishes). The author deserves credit, though, for telling enough of the details to allow one to come to their own judgment. This was a blast to read, and I flew through over 1,300 pages in less than 2 weeks.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 159420487X |
| Best Sellers Rank | 347,660 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 113 in Civil War Biographies 537 in Political Leader Biographies 6,546 in Historical Biographies (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (14,064) |
| Dimensions  | 16.79 x 5.08 x 24.21 cm |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 9781594204876 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1594204876 |
| Item weight  | 1.5 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 1104 pages |
| Publication date  | 10 Oct. 2017 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another wonderful biography of the last great american biographer. Magnificent
*by R***A on 6 July 2021*

Ron Chernow is already stablished as the biographer of the XIX century America. His books on Washington, Hamilton, Grant, Rockefeller and Morgan can be read as the great chronic of politics and finance of the nation in the making. Some of those books are slightly better than others, yet they form an admirable, already essential, opus, and this precise one, the life of Ulysses Grant, ranks high in this little great canon. General (later President) Grant is one of the great men of the XIX century America, or perhaps of recent history. The man was a celebrated soldier, an excellent writer, twice President of the USA and a figure made a model of perseverance, strong will and stoicism - one of the more recognizable recent authors of the said stoicism, Ryan Holiday, had Grant as one of his central examples in his celebrated (and multi-million seller) "The Obstacle is the Way". Ulysses Grant was also a good husband and doting father. And then an alcoholic and a poor (a very poor) business man, who in spite of his evident success, was always in the verge of bankruptcy. All the previous is in the book, in a tale that runs through the best part of the XIX century and which has as secondary characters President Lincoln and Queen Victoria, amongst others. The tale is well told, the ups and downs of the man well drawn and the story flows. The event that made Grant - the American Civil War - is in the book, but as a background, secondary to the General who won it. At the end, we know a lot of a fascinating character, and also much on a fascinating country, still looking for its place in the world. The book is deeply researched and well written, with the trade-mark, almost recognizable, magnificent sober prose of Mr Chernow, making its 900 plus pages to go quick. Only a small flaw, a moot. The book sides too much with its subject. The author obviously admires its main character (who doesn't), but he shows the admiration too much. After every mistake made by Grant comes not only the explanation, but the justification. It paints a too neat of a picture of an evidently flawed man. Making his flaws clearer wouldn't have made Grant worse, only more human.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Detailed history of a failure/general/President/writer whose character & history should be known
*by M***S on 31 May 2025*

This book does an excellent job of telling the story of Grant's life and death. From his upbringing in Ohio, to his military experience, to business failure, back to the military for triumph, to politics, being scammed, writing his memoirs and dying. The author weaves such a great story it is like reading fiction. It's a fascinating character study of a very humble person with many failings who gets plucked by history to become the great man only to fall back again. My only criticisms are that the author is clearly biased against all businesspeople--anable or unwilling to differentiate between the good or bad--and tries too hard to emphasize the virtues of minorities (Ely Parker) and some women (Susan B. Anthony) in the story while finding it too easy to find the flaws in other woman (Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Grant) and many men (for example, Sheridan and Sherman). The author falls in love with his subject, as all biographers are wont to do (except if they are writing about businesspeople), so he fails to call Grant fully to account for his treatment of his essential benefactor, Washburne (who plucked him from obscurity and later sought political office against Grant's wishes). The author deserves credit, though, for telling enough of the details to allow one to come to their own judgment. This was a blast to read, and I flew through over 1,300 pages in less than 2 weeks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent
*by J***L on 4 July 2025*

Loved this book, comprehensive coverage of Grant.

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