Ulysses S. Grant (Chinese-English)

Author: (USA) Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Today, most historians rate Ulysses S. Grant as an average president. In stark contrast, Americans in the 1860s and 1870s viewed him as a beloved president. As the commander of the Union Army, Ulysses Grant ruthlessly and systematically crushed the Confederate forces, bringing an end to the terrible Civil War—and making him a true Ohioan and the most popular man in the United States. Grant, with his renowned reputation, won the presidency twice in 1868 and 1872. As this book states, Ulysses S. Grant's childhood foreshadowed both his later successes and failures as the 18th President of the United States. Young Grant was confident yet lonely, seemingly knowing more about horses than people; his misjudgment of his advisors' motives led to a plague of scandals that plagued President Grant's administration. However, the determination and self-discipline he demonstrated in his childhood greatly benefited him in his military career and his eventual courageous battle against cancer.