Ulysses S. Grant

Michael Korda has delivered a jewel of a short life of Ulysses S. Grant, a general deadly on the battlefield and unprepossessing off it. As a biographer Korda is Grant-like himself: unambiguous, decisive, clear. The book is a joy to read. --Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofLonesome Dove The first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Arm...