Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero (Eminent Lives)

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One of the first two volumes in Harper's Eminent Lives series, Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant – a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature, and is today remembered as a brilliant general but a failed president.

Ulysses S. Grant was the first officer since George Washington to become a four–star general in the United States Army, and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. In this succinct and vivid biography, Michael Korda considers Grant's character and reconciles the conflicting evaluations of his leadership abilities.

Grant's life played out as a true Horatio Alger story. Despite his humble background as the son of a tanner in Ohio, his lack of early success in the army, and assorted failed business ventures, his unwavering determination propelled him through the ranks of military leadership and into the presidency. But while the general's tenacity and steadfastness contributed to his success on the battlefield, it both aided and crippled his effectiveness in the White House.

Assessing Grant both within the context of his time and in contrast to more recent American leaders, Korda casts a benevolent eye on Grant's presidency while at the same time conceding his weaknesses. He suggests that though the general's second term ended in financial and political scandals, the fact remains that for eight years Grant exerted a calming influence on a country that had only just emerged from a horrendous civil war. Ulysses S. Grant is an even–handed and stirring portrait of a man who guided America through a pivotal juncture in its history.

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Recommendations.......2007-09-28

These amazon reviews have done their job, in convincing me not to bother reading this book. There are two excellent studies of Grant as a politician and president, both by Brooks Simpson: LET US HAVE PEACE and THE RECONSTRUCTION PRESIDENTS. I highly recommend them.

America's greatest general offers lessons for today.......2006-10-12

Military history is often a tragedy the first time around and a farce when it repeats, as this perceptive book makes abundantly clear in outlining and assessing the career of America's greatest general.

Fans of Robert E. Lee may well argue about the "greatest", the blunt fact is that Grant understood Lee better than Lee understood Grant. Korda makes the point again and again that Grant, except on rare occasions, was able to correctly assess battlefield conditions and quickly exploit every indication of weakness.

Grant was bitterly criticized as a butcher, similar to Gen. George "Blood and Guts" Patton in World War II. Veterans of Patton's armies have told me Patton's success was based on "his guts, our blood". But I've yet to meet anyone who regrets having served with Patton. The same is true of Grant; good soldiers always praise a general who wins, dead soldiers don't complain.

Grant understood that victory meant killing enough soldiers to make the Confederate states quit. He understood the war was won at Gettysburg; just as Gen. Dwight Eisenhower knew World War II was won in Normandy. The tragic legacy of Grant is that too many generals since then have copied his "butcher" qualities without understanding his tactical brilliance; thus the appalling slaughter of World War I.

Grant was the perfect American success story; literally a "barefoot" buy who rose to command the armies of the nation and then serve two terms in the White House. He was also the "perfect" American because of his absolute trust in the essential goodness, decency and honesty of others; politicians and business people took cynical and unlimited advantage of these qualities, which left his administration mired in the deep stink of scandal.

In war, Gen. Grant faced one massive task -- victory. Everything was directed to one goal. In peace, President Grant as a politician faced a thousand simultaneous large and petty challenges, something he was never able to handle. His astounding successes were two great single-minded challenges; the war, and writing his autobiography as he was dying of cancer. Facing these two great challenges, he succeeded brilliantly.

The contrast with today's politicians could not be more dramatic. Grant was instinctively drawn to the sound of the guns fired in anger; too many of today's politicians, who blithely send others to war which they cleverly avoid themselves, have never hear a shot fired in anger let alone a voice raised in anger in the White House.

This book, and the story of Grant, is vividly relevant in today's politics. Everyone who reads it will understand at least some of the fundamentals of success, of America's greatest general and the current military incompetence that has led to another quagmire.

First in war...but not in peace.......2006-07-18

This is one of two brief biographies of Grant (1822-1885) I recently read, the other written by Josiah Bunting III which is part of Times Books' "The American Presidents" series, with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. serving as general editor. Although both Korda and Bunting cover much of the same material, there are significant differences between their respective approaches to the18th president of the United States.

For example, Bunting clearly disagrees with, indeed resents the fact that Grant is generally remembered "as a general, not a president, [which] explains in part the condescension - there is no better word for it -- from which pundits and historians have tended to write of him." Bunting asserts that if judged by the consequences of Grant's common sense, judgment, and intuition, his presidency, "so far from being one of the nation's worst, may yet be seen as one of the best."

Korda indicates no inclination to view Grant's presidency as "one of the best." He duly acknowledges the problems which awaited Grant after he was elected to his first term in 1869. "What did Grant's reputation as a president in, however, (and continues to do so today whenever journalists and historians are drawing up lists of the best presidents vs. the worst ones), was the depression of 1873, which ushered in a long period of unemployment and distress, made politically more damaging by accusations that the president's wealthy friends were making money out of it." Given that the United States was growing too fast, in too many different directions at once, and the inevitable consequence was corruption and an unstable economy, "it would have taken a more astute man than Grant to slow things down or clean them up."

This last observation by Korda is consistent with a contemporary assessment of Grant by the Edinburgh Review, one which Brooks Simpson quotes in his own study (Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction 1861-1868), and which Bunting also cites: "To bind up the wounds left by the war, to restore concord to the still distracted Union, to ensure real freedom to the Southern Negro, and full justice to the southern white; these are indeed tasks which might tax the powers of Washington himself or a greater than Washington, if such a man is to be found."

In his Epilogue, Korda explains that he wrote this book because, from time to time, "it is necessary to remind Americans about Grant, first of all because his is a kind of real-life Horatio Alger story, exactly the one that foreigners have always wanted to believe about American life...and that Americans want to believe about themselves." Yes, his presidency was severely flawed but as a general, Grant "defined for all time the American way of winning a war": It must have an essentially moral base to earn and sustain the full support of the American people, it must take full advantage of its great industrial strength and depth of manpower, and it must apply aggressively - without hesitation -- all of its resources to achieve the ultimate military objective, total victory.

However, Korda suggests that any politician contemplating the use of military force should first consider lessons which Grant learned from failed Reconstruction initiatives in the South: "armies of occupation are no substitute for political thought, and that generals are not be necessarily the right people to institute basic political reforms or to reconstruct society."

It remains for others much better qualified than I am to comment on the relevance of that statement to America's current military involvement in various parts of the world. However, I greatly appreciate Korda's attempt to provide a balanced view of Grant in terms of his character, talents, and values...all of which served him so well on the battlefield but which proved insufficient to the political challenges which he encountered later as the 18th president of the United States.

Those who share my high regard for this volume are urged to check out Bunting's biography as well as Grant's Personal Memoirs.

Korda, like most historians, doesn't get it........2005-10-12

At the end of his life, Grant was considered a great president but a bad general. Gradually, in the next fifty years after Grant's death, as the fawning cult of Robert E. Lee admirers grew among historians, it became an unexamined article of faith among civil war historians that in addition to being a mediocre general U.S. Grant was a bad president.

In reality, Grant was the greatest general the U.S. ever produced and one of the five greatest presidents the country has ever innagurated. When you read a book like Mr. Korda's you can be sure that either he is a member of this Lee cult, or he has not done his research. Which of these is true about Mr. Korda, I don't know, but I would make a significant wager that one or both is true.

Grant was more than an honest steady hand guiding the ship of state, he unflinchingly guided the country down a path of reconciliation and reconstruction that preserved the victories he and his men had won on the battlefield.

It would be another 100 years before the White House was occupied by a man with less race bias than U.S. Grant.

Other than George Washington, Grant was by far the most the least beholden to his party and most apolitical man to ever hold the office. He defied his party, congress and his own personal friends when he believed they were wrong and was proven right in his judgments.

Another article of faith regarding Grant is that although he personally was absolutely honest and above reproach he lead the most corrupt administration in U.S. History. The reality of the situation is that his administration was no more corrupt than those which preceded it and those that followed. Where Grant distinguished himself was in decisive, unequivocal and forthright action against both friend and foe who were found guilty. Placing the corruption of the Grant administration in context is almost never done by Grant's biographers.

Grant is often portrayed by historians who should know better as a hapless bungler, who was in way over his head as president, if fact the opposite is true. Mr. Korda, is sympathetic to Grant, but lacks a true understanding of the man.

James Pocock Review of Grant: The Unlikely Hero.......2005-08-25

Michael Korda's short biography of Ulysses Grant is the best book on the persona of Grant that has been my pleasure to read. As a graduate of West Point and 38 year veteran of the Army and Army Reserve, I have been a long-time admirer of Grant's military skills; and I was familiar with most of the facts of his life. Yet Mr. Korda's focus on Grant's personal characteristics and the forces that influednced his thinking was refreshing.
It was illuminating to me that Mr. Korda expanded on Grant's unhappy childhood, his courtship of Julia, and the difficulties he had with his in-laws. This was helpful in understanding many of Grant's actions, and the well-researched information was presented with stimulating prose.
I was particularly drawn to the author's portrayal of Grant's struggle as he was dying of cancer to write his memoirs and provide for his family. Altogether, I found this a rewarding and delightful biography.

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Ulysses S. Grant - Unlikely Hero

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Lifeless treatment of a great man.......2000-09-02

This CD-ROM is intended for use in the classroom and is geared for Middle School and High School students. Without a doubt this will lull to sleep even the most dedicated teenager achiever. The actor chosen to play Grant is a joke. He is a clone of Burl Ives and bears no resemblance to Grant whatsoever. Watch particularly in the section on the battle of Shiloh when his fake beard falls off slightly and the actor hastily adjusts it. Talk about a cheap production. This is probably the only scene which will cause students wo perk up their ears and crack a smile.

The actress chosen to play Grant's wife is a more inspired choice. She is actually quite witty and her impersonation of Julia is excellent. She reads sections from Julia's memoirs and does it with vim and vigor. Really quite an interesting performance. Otherwise, the CD is poorly made, cheaply arranged and illuminates Grant not in the slightest.

Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero.(Book Review): An article from: Military Review
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero.(Book Review): An article from: Military Review
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero
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Who the Hell is Stew Albert?
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A phony and poseur inspired by "Little Big Man"

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Great book, where's the other 600 pages?

Who the Hell is Stew Albert?
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Stew Albert is an almost-nice Jewish boy who grew up in Brooklyn between World War II and the Cold War. Many of us remember hiding under desks during practice nuclear attacks, but Stew remembers the brass pail in his vestibule filled with white sand in case the Japanese bombed his house and there was a fire. Yes, Stew grew up very bored in Brooklyn-and got out in a hurry. His was the unspectacular childhood of a not-especially-promising kid. He wasn t good at punch ball, spelling, math, geography, or kick-the-can; although he did have some surprising skill swinging a stick at a spaldeen. He wasn t particularly popular nor was he disliked he was invisibly normal. He did, however, have one very distinguishing characteristic: he was, and still is, a very blond Jew. Stew frequently daydreamed about outlaws and tough guys, as did his father, who worked as a city clerk for fifty years. By all rights, Stew should have followed in his old man s footsteps. But instead, we find a young man stoned and hanging-out, in bed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, shvitzing in the Luxor Turkish Baths with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, drunk in Santiago, Chile with Phil Ochs and blasted with Allan Ginsberg on a manic drive through San Francisco s hills. An alert CIA agent would have easily recognized our former loser on an Algerian beach acid-tripping with Timothy Leary. Can this childhood mediocrity-outstanding only for his hair color-be the same guy showing off his Chicago riot head wounds to William S. Burroughs? Can it be him amidst the chaotic siege on the Pentagon in 1967, giving a speech to the 82nd Airborne about the Lone Ranger? How did this putz kid reinvent himself? Instead of taking a civil service test, he started taking his daydreams seriously. But why? It must have been the sixties-that brief period of time when everything seemed possible and the future was up for grabs . . .

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Political Party Animal.......2005-11-08

For the Youth International Party-YIP or Yippies-the word "party" meant
both political group and outrageously good time. The Yippies merged progressive activism and freak culture in the late 1960s. Their most infamous "non-leaders" were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and Paul Krassner, but the other party animal---equally irresponsible for the chaos and comedy---was Stew Albert. A fierce soldier for justice as well as subversive prankster, Albert `s exploits have been recounted in dozens of other books by, among others, Hoffman, Rubin, Krassner and Larry Ratso Sloman. He's finally written this autobiography and recounted an adventure story brimming with thrills and troublemakers. (Note: Albert also co-edited the finest collection of documents from that era with his wife Judy Albert called The Sixties Papers.)

Albert was actively involved in all the major Yippie stunts: the showering of
money onto the floor of the Stock Exchange while stockbrokers stopped trading to catch it, the attempted levitation of the Pentagon, and the running of a pig for President in Chicago in 1968 and the police riots that ensued. With his pal Rubin, they enlisted John and Yoko in a "Beatle/Yippie pact" that resulted in Lennon's radicalization and near-deportation.

Beyond YIP, he became one of the few white revolutionaries befriended by the
Black Panthers' inner circle, he ran for Sheriff of Alameda County (and lost,
but carried Berkeley), and tripped on a beach in Algeria with Tim Leary after
the latter's escape from prison. With comrade and folksinger Phil Ochs, he
traveled to Chile before the CIA-backed coup. When he implemented DIY
egalitarianism by helping create People's Park in Berkeley, then-Governor Ronald Reagan responded to the unsanctioned green space by bringing in the National Guard and shooting at Park supporters (killing one).

He eventually sued the FBI for harassment -- and won. Though the `60s
momentum dissipated, this memoir serves as powerful inspiration for contemporary merde stirrers. Motivated by "an uncontainable need to test my bravery," Albert perfectly captures the time when "eros and courage came together in an unbeatable combination."

A phony and poseur inspired by "Little Big Man".......2005-10-22

In Thomas Berger's fine novel of the Old West "Little Big Man" the hero, Jack Crabb, goes everywhere and knows everybody, including being the sole white survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It's an excellent premise for a historical novel, and appears to have inspired Stew, whom I met when he was briefly in the Progressive Labor Party in San Francisco in the 1960s. The rest of his "revolutionary" adventures are imaginary. He's clever enough to have waited until most of the famous people he fantasizes about knowing are dead, and cannot refute his claims. If he were as good a writer as Berger we could forgive his fibs; unfortunately he's not.

Horatio Alger on Hashish.......2004-03-31

I think this review is excellent and I am passing it along.
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Stew Albert offers a riotous insider's tour of the inspired chaos that was the Yippie movement in his thoroughly engaging memoir, Who the Hell is Stew Albert? His account of how an "almost-nice Jewish boy" from Brooklyn ended up getting beaten by cops in Chicago, hanging out with Timothy Leary and Eldridge Cleaver in Algeria, and juggling a friendship with both Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, reads like a Horatio Alger story on hashish. It also traces in fine detail the rise and fall of the great protest movements of the 1960s, including the Black Panthers and the Weathermen, in an analysis of politics and personalities that is both fond and somewhat rueful.
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Read This Book!.......2004-03-08

Author Larry "Ratso" Sloman was appearing on 'The Howard Stern Show' plugging his book
"Steal This Dream," a biography of activist Abbie Hoffman. During the course of the interview, Sloman declared, "Well Stew Albert likes my book," to which Stern replied, "Who the hell is Stew Albert?" Answering this question in full would take me well beyond the scope of this thought provoking memoir. In retrospect, 'Stew might have continued to be an "almost"-nice, blonde haired, Jewish boy living in the basement of his mother's house in Brooklyn, but something very important happened' - we called it "The Sixties," and no one has ever been the same. It has been suggested that "if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there," - Stew Albert was most certainly there, and "there" for all of us who longed for social change. Change is hardly the most descriptive word for the complete dismemberment of the existing socio-political hierarchy, and Stew placed himself squarely on then radical front line in Berkeley. Those of us who were there in any capacity can well remember the smell and feel of the intriguing air surrounding the little card tables set up along Sproul plaza. Madeline Murray (O'Hare) was there in the first support for abortion rights, Mario Savio was there warming up for the moments that would freeze the university system and much of the nation in free speech, as Stew was there representing The Vietnam Day Committee (VDC), which became the prototype to anyone and everyone with the sand and heart to step up against our government's illegal war in Southeast Asia. The trenches were not very deep in those days and suffering the consequences of freedom at the end of a billy club breathing tear gas was not an uncommon way to end the day. Stew was there for the rest of us - and didn't give in to the strain of being under the gun. The fun was only just beginning.

It was the Pranksters, the Hippies, Diggers, Yippies, Pacifists, Provocateurs, Black Panthers, Alternative Press, Beat poets, the Weather Underground, the FBI and finally, the CIA who were making and molding the scene, LSD was the sacred ritual of transit, money was a grand illusion, a pig named "Pigasus" was about to make a run on the presidency, and Chicago was just around the corner. All history now, well documented in the past, yet as I read Stew's more than reasonable accounting I became so incredibly angry I had to put the book down at least twice - remembering so clearly how I felt about the government, conscription, the war and its benefactors at a time when my own revulsion was far more than an emotional rebound. Stew's personal rendering of socio-polical upheaval, as an anti-establishment consort standing up for the betterment of mankind with his shoulder hard pressed to the wheel brings back to life the emotional roller coaster experienced on so many levels throughout the sixties and seventies. And there is a rejoicing here as well, tempered to the page in humorous vignettes including many of the visionaries, poets and pundits of the day, all garnered from out Stew's unrelenting participation, and courageous leadership in the agit-prop bringing down the house within the rather psychedelic comedia del arté that filled our lives on a daily basis.

This is a timely and important memoir.

So who the hell is Stew Albert?" He is a gentle and honest man of his times, harboring a politically astute, intuitive mind - a collaborative man with a Marxist's edge on the past, and a Futurist's eye on the heartbeat of (r)evolutionary change.

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Great book, where's the other 600 pages?.......2004-01-29

This individual was active and in the eye of the storm of chaos during the second revolutionary war. Who the hell is Stew Albert? well he was one the founding members of the Yippies, as well as an amazing organizer, writer, teacher, and of course revolutionary, activist, and socialist. The book reads kinda like a good dream. I was grabbed from page one. one minute your with stew getting his head bashed in by the army of u.s. imperialists, and the next minute your dropping acid in Algeria with Timothy Leary. It is heavy and informative. It strikes a mighty blow against all the corporate, capitalist, slanted, re-writing of this powerfull era. That said there were a couple of things I dis-agree'd with, one was the length, I was left salty for more. Teach this book in your school, please, Stew is an american hero. I am so happy to read a book about someone who stood up to the white male capitalist war mongers and lived to tell the tale, many other authors of the period are NOT so lucky.

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"It has been sixty years, thirty wolf generations, since the last wolf pups were poisoned in the Yellowstone," writes McNamee. With the passage of time, the world is a safer place for the beleaguered wolf, so that, when the Interior Department conducted hearings on whether the wolf should be reintroduced to Yellowstone, some 160,000 letters came pouring in to Washington from across the country--the largest official citizen response to any federal action in history. Even so, the reintroduction effort was not without its divisive politics, and environmentalists squared off against so-called Wise Use movement activists in court and on the streets. Those political debates heated up even further when fewer than a dozen wolf individuals were finally released in Yellowstone National Park two years ago. McNamee tells this story knowingly--and very well.

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A New York Times Notable BookThe inside account of the environmental story of the decade Early in this century, U.S. government agents trapped, poisoned, or shot every wolf they could track down in and around Yellowstone National Park. By 1926, not one wolf was left alive. After generations of struggle between the wolf's friends and foes, the wolf was returned to Yellowstone in January of 1995. Thomas McNamee chronicles the drama of the reintroduction, the political machinations behind it, and the harrowing details of the wolves' own lives. In his telling, it is easy to see why this saga has stirred the imagination of a nation.

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the definitive book on the Yellowstone wolf reintroduction; and more.......2006-10-24

This is not only the authoritative account of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone, but also a profound insight into the process of getting things done in American conservation. The return of the Yellowstone wolf was the greatest triumph of species restoration in American history, and there are many lessons to be learned from this book. It's also a thrilling murder mystery, as federal agents track down the killer of the magnificent Wolf Number Ten. Written for adults, but great for kids as well.

The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone.......2001-11-26

I loved this book! The only complaint I have against the book I bought was the lack of pictures. I had checked this book out from the library and it was full of pictures of the wolf.

If you have any interest in the return of the wolf to Yellowstone, this book will definitely be an asset to your library.

I would rate this book a '5', if it was the illustrated issue.

A fresh perspective on wolves.......1999-05-21

Residents this reason have heard lots about wolves, but Thomas McNamee brings a fresh perspective to the story. He was a part-time rancher himself while writing this captivating book, but was also drawn to the wolves more deeply than he had first realized.

McNamee himself is a character in this book, giving it an inviting and personal air, but does not force his views on the reader. He shows the reader a federal wildlife agent tracking a wolf-killer outside of Red Lodge and even opens the window on curious rivalries and tensions between agencies involved in various chapters of the wolf story. Parts of the book are almost dramatic in their intensity, while others slow the pace as the wolves romp and play.

A smooth reading, funny yet informative book........1999-03-16

I have been studying the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone for some time, yet this book not only gave me tons of new information it also made the information palatable by bringing with it humor and wit. Mr McNamee has an insiders view, being both a rancher and a wolf lover. Few people could see through both seta of eyes as clearly as he does, yet he makes it seem so easy. If you are to pick one book about the wolves of Yellowstone to teach you as much as possible I recommend this book to you. I do feel like he rushes details at the end of the book, but since the saga is not over, the book was hard to finish I suppose. Other than that small detail this is a great book with lots of facts and easy, witty, reading. Enjoy

A compelling read.......1997-10-22

Thomas McNamee is a passionate writer as well as a consummate naturalist, and what he has done in this book is a remarkable feat; to tell the story of the Yellowstone wolves from the perspective of a denizen of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem/one who owns a ranch within the wolves' new domaine/and an enrivro who questions his own, in addition to other's, emotional involvement with the issues raised by the their re-introduction. To do this all in a book as readable as this one is is a great feat. If you love the West, love Nature, or just want a surprisingly suspenseful story of the animals survival, the political and social implications of the wolf and, by extension, the ideals of the Endangered Species Act, you must read this book -- You won't be disappointed. It's a personal journey with implications for all of us who care about the imperiled natural world.

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