American Ulysses. A new look at the extraordinary life of President Ulysses S. Grant. A portion of the cover of "American Ulysses" by Ronald White. (Courtesy Random House) At nearly 40, Ulysses S.

AMERICAN ULYSSES: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant, by Ronald C. White. Random House, 826 pp., $35. A mix-up on his first day at West Point in 1839 bestowed the name Ulysses S. Grant on the young cadet born ...

The Ulysses S. Grant revival is in full swing. Long caricatured by posterity as a pitiless butcher, a drunk and a hopelessly corrupt president, Grant has steadily seen his reputation climb. Scholars ...

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American political thinking has a way of coalescing around concepts that hold the public’s attention for a time, then fade. “Temperament,” for example, is on many tongues this election season, after ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...

Sixteen years after they teamed up on “Catch Me If You Can,” Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg are in early talks to star in and direct a biopic, respectively, about the life of U.S. President ...

Ron Chernow, the historian whose award-winning biography of Alexander Hamilton was the basis of the hit Broadway musical, is back with his seventh book, "Grant" (Penguin). It chronicles the life of ...

TO RESCUE THE REPUBLIC: Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union and the Crisis of 1876. By Brett Bair. Custom House. 400 pages. $28.99. As the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot approaches, ...

“I only write about someone if I think the world is different for their having lived,” Chernow tells Review. “I am interested in someone who has had a dramatic life but I am no less interested in ...

A mix-up on his first day at West Point in 1839 bestowed the name Ulysses S. Grant on the young cadet born Hiram Ulysses Grant. The “U.S.” would prove fitting. During the Civil War, troops dubbed him ...