Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year
Autor Charles Bracelen Flooden Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2012
Shortly
after
losing
all
of
his
wealth
in
a
terrible
1884
swindle,
Ulysses
S.
Grant
learned
he
had
terminal
throat
and
mouth
cancer.
Destitute
and
dying,
Grant
began
to
write
his
memoirs
to
save
his
family
from
permanent
financial
ruin.
As
Grant
continued
his
work,
suffering
increasing
pain,
the
American
public
became
aware
of
this
race
between
Grant's
writing
and
his
fatal
illness.
Twenty
years
after
his
respectful
and
magnanimous
demeanor
toward
Robert
E.
Lee
at
Appomattox,
people
in
both
the
North
and
the
South
came
to
know
Grant
as
the
brave,
honest
man
he
was,
now
using
his
famous
determination
in
this
final
effort.
Grant
finishedMemoirsjust
four
days
before
he
died
in
July
1885.
Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant'sMemoirsbecame an instant bestseller, restoring his family's financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since, Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this—the country's greatest wound.
Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant'sMemoirsbecame an instant bestseller, restoring his family's financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since, Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this—the country's greatest wound.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306821516
ISBN-10: 0306821516
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 16 pages of b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306821516
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 16 pages of b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Notă biografică
Charles
Bracelen
Floodis
the
author
of
twelve
previous
books,
including
the
bestsellingLee:
The
Last
YearsandGrant
and
Sherman,
which
Salon.com
named
one
of
the
“Top
12
Civil
War
Books
Ever
Written.”
He
lives
in
Kentucky.
Recenzii
“An
intimate
account
of
Grant’s
determination
and
resolve
as
his
life
slowly
slipped
away.
This
is
an
exceptional
piece
of
historical
reporting
and
a
book
that
should
be
at
the
top
of
everyone’s
reading
list
this
autumn.”
Rhapsody
in
Books,
10/25/11
“Under
the
able
hands
of
the
entertaining
historian
Charles
Bracelen
Flood,
this
book
is
a
page-turner
that
has
you
not
only
reaching
for
the
Kleenex
box,
but
aching
to
get
to
Grant’s
memoir
itself.”Roanoke
Times,9/25/11
“Flood
fills
the
pages
ofGrant’s
Final
Victorywith
richly
detailed
descriptions
of
a
time
often
lost
to
casual
studies
of
history—the
years
following
the
Civil
War…Flood’s
real
contribution
is
showing
the
heroic
Grant.
It
is
not
the
heroics
of
battlefield
bravery
but
the
heroics
of
fighting
a
terminal
illness
in
order
to
finish
a
project
that will
support
the
Grant
family
after
the
general’s
death…Flood’s
talent
as
a
storyteller
engages
the
reader
from
the
very
first
page.
He
keeps
the
reader
involved
in
Grant’s
life
and
the
lives
of
his
friends
and
family
to
the
very
end.
The
book
ends
with
one
the
most
powerful
passages
I
have
ever
read.”
“A
must
read
for
Civil
War
buffs,
presidential
history
enthusiasts,
or
anyone
looking
for
a
book
on
a
courageous
person
who
refused
to
give
up…Flood’s
new
book
neatly
captures
the
essence
of
the
old
war
hero
and
two-term
President,
intermixing
the
struggle
of
his
last
days
with
brief
flashbacks
into
his
life
and
career
to
help
add
depth
and
background
to
his
emotions
and
actions
as
he
battled
bankruptcy
and
cancer.
Free
flowing
and
easy
to
read,Grant’s
Final
Victorystands
as
another
masterpiece
by
Flood…The
book
is
lucidly
written,
fast-paced,
comprehensive,
and
well
researched,
and
yet
reads
like
a
well
crafted
story…Flood’s
book
is
certain
to
become
the
definitive
work
on
Grant’s
final
year
of
life.”
Battle at Bull Run
“In a fitting companion to his classicLee: The Last Years, Charles Bracelen Flood’sGrant's Final Victoryprovides a moving account of a hero's last heroic deeds struggling against financial disaster to provide for his family, and battling cancer to complete what would become one of the greatest memoirs ever written by an American. Crippled by pain, unable to speak, his last chapters written almost in a scrawl, the general who saved the Union demonstrated once again his power of command, just as Flood has shown once more his mastery of narrating the most poignant and inspiring moments of our past.”Harold Holzer, author ofLincoln at Cooper Unionand chairman of the Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
“Ulysses S. Grant won the war but lost both his money and his reputation in the aftermath of his checkered presidency. With consummate grace, Charles Bracelen Flood traces the old general’s resurrection, as he battled misfortune and disease to complete his peerless memoir and secure his family’s future. They say heroes have no second act, but Grant did, and Flood recalls his fall and rise in a gripping and elegant narrative.”
An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War
“Charles Bracelen Flood has now set his deft and discerning pen to the story of General U. S. Grant's heroic effort during the last year of his life in writing his famous memoirs. Anyone with as much as a grain of interest in the nation's history will derive both profit and pleasure from Flood's work.”
Thomas Fleming, author ofThe Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee
“Seldom if ever have I read a book that plunges so deeply – and so masterfully – into the human side of a major historical figure. When that figure is a man as laconic and private as Ulysses S. Grant, the achievement is even more remarkable. Charles Bracelen Flood has combined his talents as a novelist and historian to create an irresistible book.”
Frank J. Williams, president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and chair of The Lincoln Forum
“In his latest winning book,Grant’s Final Victory, Charles Bracelen Flood defines a true American hero in this sensitive telling of Ulysses S. Grant’s last campaign to provide for his family in the last year of his life.”
William C. Davis, author of
Kirkus
Reviews,
BEA
Special
Issue,
4/15/11
“A lucid, often somber account of the sad but noble decline of Ulysses S. Grant…Upon learning of his death, Grant’s former opponent James Longstreet called him ‘the truest as well as the bravest man who ever lived.’ In this swiftly moving narrative, Flood ably shows why he deserved the accolade. A welcome addition to the literature surrounding Grant and his time.”
The Waterline,6/2/11
“Flood’s book is an excellent read about a little explored aspect of General Grant, and is recommended to those with a passion for American history and specifically the Civil War.”
Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofAmerican Lion
“Charles Bracelen Flood has painted a moving and illuminating portrait of Ulysses Grant’s grace as the dying general faced possible ruin. Grant is so important, yet he somehow seems always on the periphery of the American mind. Flood’s excellent new book should help put Grant where he belongs: in the center of our memory.”
Jean Edward Smith, author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist,Grant
“An unsurpassed account of Grant’s final year. Mr. Flood has written not only the definitive study, but also the most readable. A wonderful book.”
Charles P. Roland, author of
“A lucid, often somber account of the sad but noble decline of Ulysses S. Grant…Upon learning of his death, Grant’s former opponent James Longstreet called him ‘the truest as well as the bravest man who ever lived.’ In this swiftly moving narrative, Flood ably shows why he deserved the accolade. A welcome addition to the literature surrounding Grant and his time.”
The Waterline,6/2/11
“Flood’s book is an excellent read about a little explored aspect of General Grant, and is recommended to those with a passion for American history and specifically the Civil War.”
Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofAmerican Lion
“Charles Bracelen Flood has painted a moving and illuminating portrait of Ulysses Grant’s grace as the dying general faced possible ruin. Grant is so important, yet he somehow seems always on the periphery of the American mind. Flood’s excellent new book should help put Grant where he belongs: in the center of our memory.”
Jean Edward Smith, author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist,Grant
“An unsurpassed account of Grant’s final year. Mr. Flood has written not only the definitive study, but also the most readable. A wonderful book.”
Charles P. Roland, author of
Publishers
Weekly,6/27/11
“A moving if painful portrait of a dying national hero.”
Booklist,9/1/11“A moving if painful portrait of a dying national hero.”
“Flood captures Grant’s stoic determination to finish, delivering the poignant backstory to his famous, ever-popular recollections.”
Library Journal,9/1/11
“Flood writes movingly of the last months of Ulysses S. Grant’s life…Flood has great respect for his subject and succeeds in transmitting it to the reader. Those who like presidential or post-Civil War history will especially enjoy this book, aimed at general readers, with its compelling portrait of a well-known historical figure.”
American
History,
December
2011
“Flood has chosen one of the great profiles in courage from American history and told it splendidly.”
“Flood has chosen one of the great profiles in courage from American history and told it splendidly.”
HoustonChronicle,10/9/11
“The
exhilarating
and
heroic
story
of
the
race
to
complete
Grant’s
memoirs.”
Cannonball
(blog),
10/3/11
New
York
Journal
of
Books,10/15/11
“What
an
inspiring
story;
and
so
well
told.
I
could
not
put
it
down,
despite
knowing
the
ending.
Anyone
interested
in
the
Civil
War
Era
should
readGrant’s
Final
Victory.”Minneapolis
Star
Tribune,11/26/11“[An] inspiring tale of resilience.”
Bookviews blog, December 2011
“Flood goes beyond Grant’s memoirs…Flood paints a picture of a man devoted to his family. His determination, love of family and nation, is captured in this biography.”
MidwestBook
Review,November
2011
“[An] absorbing, vivid tale of one man's struggle against the inevitable, highly recommended.”
“[An] absorbing, vivid tale of one man's struggle against the inevitable, highly recommended.”
Authormagazine,
December
2011
“[A] fascinating and entertaining book…Grant'sMemoirsremain a classic to this day, and Flood's view into the circumstances surrounding their creation makes a perfect companion piece.”
“[A] fascinating and entertaining book…Grant'sMemoirsremain a classic to this day, and Flood's view into the circumstances surrounding their creation makes a perfect companion piece.”
Tucson
Citizen,
1/3/12
”Completed
just
four
days
before
his
death
in
1885,
Grant’s
book
was
an
instant
hit
and
has
long
been
considered
the
best
ever
written
by
a
former
military
leader
or
president.
Flood
provides
the
riveting
true
story
behind
this
literary
achievement.”
MinneapolisStar-Tribune,
1/15/12
“Flood
describes
Grant's
painful
struggle
to
write
as
the
tumors
spread
and
ultimately
took
his
life—just
three
days
after
he
completed
the
final
page.
Once
you
read
Flood's
highly
recommended
book,
you
will
want
to
put
Grant's
memoirs
on
your
reading
list.”SacramentoBook
Review/San
Francisco
Book
Review,
1/25/12
“Flood’s
account
of
Grant’s
final
year
does
justice
to
his
subject’s
heroic
story.”
Politics & Patriotism (blog), 1/25/12
“This is more than a documentation of one man’s death. It’s a closer look at what it means to do ‘great things.’”
Asbury
ParkSunday
Press,
1/29/12
“A
spectacular
book
about
the
incredible
bravery
this
war
hero
had
in
his
domestic
life.”
TulsaBook
Review,
February
2012
“Flood’s
account
of
Grant’s
final
year
does
justice
to
his
subject’s
heroic
story.”Civil
War
News,
Feb/March
issue
48th
Pennsylvania
Infantry
(blog),
10/5/11
“[An] excellent history…Flood tells the story masterfully; it is a story that is at once tragic and inspiring…Flood writes in such a clear and easy-to-read manner that it took but two sittings for me to read through this 250-page book…Will appeal to a wide audience, but especially those interested in the Civil War and one of its most legendary figures…This is more than just the story of Grant's final year; it is also a story of hope in the face of adversity, and inspiration in the face of tragedy.”
Christian
Science
Monitor,10/19/11“[An] excellent history…Flood tells the story masterfully; it is a story that is at once tragic and inspiring…Flood writes in such a clear and easy-to-read manner that it took but two sittings for me to read through this 250-page book…Will appeal to a wide audience, but especially those interested in the Civil War and one of its most legendary figures…This is more than just the story of Grant's final year; it is also a story of hope in the face of adversity, and inspiration in the face of tragedy.”
“Flood offers a fascinating coda to a remarkable life in this brisk, well-told history of the final months and days of Ulysses S. Grant…[Flood] demonstrates a keen understanding of Grant and other major figures without bogging the story down in excessive detail. The author’s command of details and anecdotes shines throughout.”
Shelf
Awareness
for
Readers,
10/18/11
“A
deceptively
brief
but
inspiring
account
of
how,
in
the
midst
of
tragedy,
Ulysses
S.
Grant
found
the
strength
to
write
one
of
America's
greatest
memoirs.”
RichmondRegister,
10/23/11
“Flood
turns
a
spotlight
on
the
tumultuous
drama
Grant
faced
before
he
died…With
such
vivid
detail,
the
247-page
book
is
not
easily
put
down.”
Relaxed
Fit
eZine,
10/18/11
“Provide[s]
some
new
material
and
a
new
viewpoint...Grant’s
Final
Victoryis
a
thoughtful,
well-researched
work…Mr.
Flood
has
provided
an
accurate,
moving
portrait
of
a
legendary
leader.”
DeseretNews,
10/17/11
“Flood
beautifully
details
the
sobering
last
year
of
Civil
War
hero
and
President
Ulysses
S.
Grant…Flood
accurately
captures
the
spirit
of
a
man
determined
to
put
forth
his
best
effort
while
staring
death
squarely
in
the
face.
Fans
of
historical
non-fiction
will
appreciate
Flood’s
superb
style…A
compelling
read.”
WashingtonTimes,10/28/11
“Flood
burnishes
his
reputation
as
a
top-notch
historian
with
the
poignant
story
of
the
last
year
of
a
gallant
American
hero.
Grant's
performance
under
adversity
makes
for
an
inspiring
story.”
Tucson
Citizen,11/6/11