Ron Chernow: Ulysses S. Grant 

Listened to the audio book twice. Hit play again right after the first listen. Grant is the greatest American that America doesn’t know.

I have this book now on my bedside table. I cannot put it down...during this awful quarantine in April 2020 - such distinguished company!!!

My favorite President since i was a kid. Many made fun of me because they said my favorite Pres was corrupt and a drunk. Thank God for historians like Ron Chernow and Shelby Foote to shine the true light of his goodness.

The rise of US Grant is amazing story, though I don't think chance had anything to do with except being in the right place at the right time. He was a West Point grad with combat experience, who had graduated from West Point in the early 1840's. I don't see Lincon giving command of all Union forces that did not have the background described above. The combat experience was important but being a West Point graduate was essential. Lee would never have surrendered to a non-West Point general. In 1861 and 1862, the pool of men with Grant's experience was small. The amazing part is that Lincoln found Grant. A general that could win, and that Lincoln was willing to support both politically and militarily.

Im reading this book now! What a read

#1 general in world history. A hero to all who yearn for freedom.

President Grant crushed the Klan - MY HERO!!!!

Grant is the quintessential American hero: a virtual nobody who rose up to save the Union, from rages to riches and back again, and embodied all that is true manhood: no nonsense, hardworking, tough as to be able to withstand setbacks and punches, a positive singleminded sense of determination and focus. Grant was great because he was no superman or captain America, but a normal simple family man, who rose to the occasion when destiny knocked on the door. He could have been your neighbor and one would never expected that he would be a victorious general that would knock out three field armies and capture three forts and an enemy capital.

It's so sad what the Lost cause has done to Grant. It's a shame. Grant at one point at his death was probably the most famous person of his time. It's a travesty what the Lost Cause has done to this man. He wasn't perfect. No . However he was a brilliant general. It's why the movie Gods and Generals was the worst movie made of all time. How they glorified the south and was a mouthpiece of the Lost cause. It's a damn shame.

I started this book a few years ago and got about 1/3 of the way through. I found the print too small and the reading of it exhausting. I'm going to pick it up again and finish it 😊🇺🇸

can't wait to visit the new Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University. a ten Miillion dollar addition to the University's Library; opened in november 2018.

My daughter lived across the street from Grant's Tomb when she went to graduate school in NYC. Located in Morningside Heights upper west side. Worth a visit!

Grant the Movie !!

Reading this book just finished the second chapter.... Great great 🙏

Will read soon!

can't wait to read, have to finish his other book Washington first!

Need more on James Garfield.

They need to make a play called Grant! The Greatest American ever!!! 👍

Checked out all 3 of his books at the library, can’t wait to read them.

General Grant was the first modern General. He planned the operational action that leads to the surrender at Appamatock. Then becomes a supporter of black rights. Very impressive

Read his book on Alexander Hamilton which was a very good read.

Grant has always been my hero- my cats are named Grant and Sherman ❤️

Alexander Hamilton was saved on the $10 bill because of Chernow; the book and the play it inspired kept Hamilton on the ten. The Grant movie should be terrific but where is it? Still waiting for the film of this book to be made.

What a writer. I reread the Warburgs: the first sentence reads: the German Jews were a people SHIPWRECKED BY HISTORY. I am just green with envy.

I appreciate the comments . like many big issues there is complexity that gets entangled in bias.

This was all very interesting and I understand one can only talk about his book so many times before repeating himself, but I think this video would be more aptly named, "Chenow: the author of Grant".

Sorry, Ron, Grant is not buried in Grant's Tomb. He's roughly two storeys above ground in Grant's Tomb.

Mic is literally in the exact same spot as before. Lady did not need to come up and adjust.

When I see a buddy I remind him that he stuck by me when I was crazy and I stuck by him when he was drunk.

What I find ironic is that the Democrat party resembles the past Republican party while the Republican party aspires to be the Democratic party of years ago. What remains the same is the divisions we are unable to overcome.

Ulysses S Grant would have been invited to the bbq.

Leo rules! New film! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

History Channels series was excellent. Hope film does him justice. Hugh Jackman with a beard has a passing resemblance and can ride a horse.

Grant kicked ass

Need to know names of those southern "lost-cause" historians and at least some categorical refutation of their claims. If these histories are still on shelves, we nee to be alerted. Also, there could be debate about this. Otherwise this sounds more like counter-propaganda propaganda: Revenge of the Yankee Historian. Chernow, though, gives us a movie - Gone With The Wind - and argues with this romanticized version of a Southern Belle's struggles during the Civil War. I don't hold Hollywood as accountable for historical accuracy as I do historians.The war exhibited several great generals. Unfortunately for the North, it took years for the talents of Grant and Sherman to emerge, become recognized and then deployed on a large scale. Militarily, Grant did what his predecessors failed to do: exploit the Union's massive, overwhelming superiority in manpower, industrial resources, transportation and communication.[Any account which fails to dwell upon these differences - as Grant would - is intellectually and, possibly, morally flawed.] Grant's predecessors were largely unfit as tacticians and strategists - especially when compared to the "wily," inventive, bold Lee who exhibited uncanny skills in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity. To denigrate Lee's abilities as a contrivance of propagandizing Southern historians is to commit the same sins alleged against the latter in defaming Grant. To ignore and fail to give measure of the great corruption in the Grant presidential administration (and his responsibilities therein) would be a great fraud - if one purports to present a "whole picture." Grant brilliantly, decisively arraigned his forces against Lee. He bravely endured the great losses and horrific criticisms to a final successful conclusion. One wonders of consequences had Lee accepted Lincoln's (and Scott's) offer of command of Union forces. Given his abilities at sizing up foes, doing the unexpected and exploiting weaknesses, would the war have been won by the North in the fist year - as Lee would likely do what Grant would eventually do. Too, he would have an advantage. He wouldn't have to face himself.

The kid at the end in the Question Period at 45:20 says "like" about a dozen times. You have to wonder about what the younger generation gets in their education when they speak as if clear thinking and articulation are their enemy. I was always so impressed by my European friends and how much more articulate and thoughtful they were and how aware of the whole world they seemed to be. I think Jay Leno used to have a segment about this.

Is it just me or does anyone else find the questions kind of a little bit obtuse? So it seems like you admire General Grant as a great man, but how do you know? Uh, because he's done all this research and written a book for you to read and make up your own mind. The question seem childish to me. Nobody's perfect but Grant is pretty damn impressive, objectively speaking, I think anyone could say, unless you're a confederate supporter and intellectually dishonest. Not that the interviewer is but those people might not admit Grant's skills and talents and generosity.

love the writer. the interviewer is a certified jerk.

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The kid on stage with Chernow guiding the talk comes off as a bit of an elitest democrat shill.

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Grant was too merciful. That was his biggest problem. He lost the civil war actually because racism and oppression was still there.

Both the japanese and germans faced their defeat and the future with greater dignity than did the Lee and the CSA.

What’s with all the white guilt stuff? What Kelly meant was what most historians have recognized which is that secession was the major issue of the war, not slavery. THAT was the Lost Cause, not slavery. Slavery was the cause of secession, and the Secessionists refused to compromise on that issue. The North proposed to qua rantee slavery by amending the Constitution, but that compromise was not accepted by the secessionists or the radical minority in the North.