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“@RoryRoberge @neeratanden A great book. But a very long read. | Have you read Ron Chernow?s Grant It?s hard to turn off and I?ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Have you read Ron Chernow’s Grant It’s hard to turn off and I’ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant?s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn?t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant’s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn’t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | This book is obscenely long and sometimes dragged. But at the end when you find out Grant had chosen Union and Confederate generals to be his pallbearers, I cried. He was a great American.”
Source →“@RoryRoberge @neeratanden A great book. But a very long read. | Have you read Ron Chernow?s Grant It?s hard to turn off and I?ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Have you read Ron Chernow’s Grant It’s hard to turn off and I’ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant?s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn?t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant’s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn’t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | This book is obscenely long and sometimes dragged. But at the end when you find out Grant had chosen Union and Confederate generals to be his pallbearers, I cried. He was a great American.”
Source →“@RoryRoberge @neeratanden A great book. But a very long read. | Have you read Ron Chernow?s Grant It?s hard to turn off and I?ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Have you read Ron Chernow’s Grant It’s hard to turn off and I’ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant?s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn?t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant’s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn’t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | This book is obscenely long and sometimes dragged. But at the end when you find out Grant had chosen Union and Confederate generals to be his pallbearers, I cried. He was a great American.”
Source →Recommended by 5 notable people, including Barack Obama and Hugh Hewitt
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Best Biographies, History, and American History.
The #1 New York Times bestseller. New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an ...
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“@RoryRoberge @neeratanden A great book. But a very long read. | Have you read Ron Chernow?s Grant It?s hard to turn off and I?ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Have you read Ron Chernow’s Grant It’s hard to turn off and I’ve read wat, dozens of civil war books, but never with a focus on this hero of heroes. Strongly recommend the audio book: | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant?s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn?t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | Read the recent Grant bio by Ron Chernow. A fantastic book that chronicles Grant’s amazing narrative. He went from being a failed businessman (broke, couldn’t afford rent in a SF flophouse) to a transformative military commander to a president who combatted white supremacists. | This book is obscenely long and sometimes dragged. But at the end when you find out Grant had chosen Union and Confederate generals to be his pallbearers, I cried. He was a great American.”
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