![]() ![]() ![]() His business ventures had been dismal, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War, he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. A biographer at the height of his powers, Chernow has produced a portrait of Grant that is a masterpiece, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.īefore the Civil War, Grant was flailing. These stereotypes don't come close to capturing adequately his spirit and the sheer magnitude of his monumental accomplishments. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War or as a credulous and hapless president whose tenure came to symbolize the worst excesses of the Gilded Age. ![]() Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. ![]()
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