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- The Best Books on the American Civil WarReading list
Ulysses S. Grant’s life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don’t come close to capturing him, as Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow shows in his masterful…
- Todd HenryInterview
Right now I’m reading The Enneagram by Richard Rohr, and Grant by Ron Chernow. When I become interested in a topic, I dive deep and read as much as I can, and right now The Enneagram (a nine-part personality framework) is a major topic of interest. I’m listening to Grant as an audiobook on my daily walks. I love a…
- David RothschildInterview
Grant by Ron Chernow. I have read extensively about both the Civil War and military history in general. A fresh take on US Grant by Chernow was an easy sell. Reading The Federal Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, for obvious reasons.
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