What are some good books to read about Ulysses S Grant?

Did he drink too much or was he merely the target of nasty rumors? Was he corrupt as President or just taken advantage of by his advisors? Below are five great books on Grant that provide different answers to those questions. 1. The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. read more

Some of the Grant books deal with only a certain period of his life, some may be multi-volume (if so- I have added both separately), some deal with other topics too; some are all encompassing, others deal with specific events in Grant's life or presidency and others are by the man, himself. read more

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822–85, commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President (1869–77) of the United States, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant. Military Career Grant spent his youth in Georgetown, Ohio, was graduated from West Point in 1843, and served creditably in the Mexican War. read more