5/22/2023 0 Comments Ron chernow hamilton review![]() ![]() ![]() Grant’s life was marked by sometimes bitter failures and hard-won accomplishments. The author is aided by the existence of 32 volumes (comprised of 50,000 documents) of Grant’s papers, as well as Grant’s own memoirs, which he wrote while dying of throat cancer, spurred by a determination to provide for his wife, Julia. Grant is a larger-than-life figure, and Chernow has no difficulty crafting a fascinating and immensely readable (and immense) book. ![]() Grant? There’s certainly a vast treasure-trove of material in Grant, a stupendous new biography by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow, whose book Alexander Hamilton inspired the hit musical. Move over, Hamilton! Might there be room for a Broadway musical about Ulysses S. BookPage Top Pick in Nonfiction, October 2017 ![]()
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