U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition

A concise biography of the legendary Union general and controversial US president from “o ne of America’s foremost Civil War authorities” ( Kirkus Reviews ). Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton explores the life and legacy of one of the nation’s most misunderstood heroes: Ulysses S. Grant. In this classic work, Grant emerges as a complicated figure whose accomplishments have all too often been downplayed or overlooked.   Catton begins with Grant’s youth and his service as a young