Ulysses S. Grant : warrior, president.

Reappraises Grant's career, from his pre-civil war days as a failed soldier, to his transformation into the greatest Union hero of the Civil War, to his presidency, rocked by scandal and economic depression, and to his last days, when he raced to finish his war memoirs as he was dying of cancer.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Bosch, Adriana
Deane, Elizabeth (Elizabeth K.)
Schreiber, Liev
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : PBS Home Video, [2005]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Reappraises Grant's career, from his pre-civil war days as a failed soldier, to his transformation into the greatest Union hero of the Civil War, to his presidency, rocked by scandal and economic depression, and to his last days, when he raced to finish his war memoirs as he was dying of cancer.
Note:Title from disc label.
Originally broadcast in 2002 as a segment of the television program, American experience, a production of WGBH Boston.
Special features: Interviews with the producers; "Who's in Grant's tomb", experts discuss Grant's character.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CL3 D0045705 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:1415709211
9781415709214
Credits:Editors, Jon Neuburger (episode I), Bill Lattanzi (episode II) ; camera, Terry Hopkins, Buddy Squires, Boyd Estus ; music, Michael Whalen.
System Details:DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Liev Schreiber.