America's hardscrabble general : Ulysses S. Grant, from farm boy to Shiloh / Jack Hurst.

"A detailed analysis of the impact of Grant's civilian experience--both as a youth and later, farming and scrambling between the Mexican War and the Civil War--in helping mold a military method that is a model for excellent American generalship: always go forward, win or lose, so that even losses be...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:World of Ulysses S. Grant.
Main Author: Hurst, Jack (Author)
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
Series:World of Ulysses S. Grant.
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Military leadership.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
Command of troops.
Generals.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:ix, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Ulysses S. Grant, from farm boy to Shiloh
Format: Book

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