Grant Book Reviews

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Excellent. Wonderful detail of the life of US Grant. Fascinating read!! Mkoltz

Grant. Exceptional book

Grant. Excellent!

Good book about the general, president and the man. Excellent book and details of our complex history after the Civil War. This was a very good read.

My favorite biography book. This is Ron Chernow’s magnum opus

A Truly Great American. Put simply, Chernow’s work on Grant brought me into daily involvement with Grant until I finished reading the book. I feel like I’ve lost a great acquaintance but proud that Grant was a fellow American! Raymond N. Miller

Grant. Interesting and well written but a bit too tedious with details.

One of the greatest books I’ve read. Thorough, well-written and a balanced view of a man that present day America doesn’t know. Incredible insight into his thoughts and actions, his strengths and weaknesses, his brain and his heart. Grant was a man for all times...the type needed in our time.

Biography?. The first ⅔ of this book is fascinating and a great read. But then it devolves into a boring history of legislative activity, more a history of governmental activities during Grant’s reign. It just goes on and on and boringly on with the minute details of individual legislative activities and how it was handled and managed during Grant’s presidency. BORING. It’s not a biography of Grant, it’s a little excellent history of Grant and an excessive amount of legislative detail during Grant’s presidency. What a disappointment.

I never knew…. High school history, brushed over Grant’s significance in American History. He was categorized as a drunk who secured Lee’s surrender only by mediocre tactics and overwhelming numbers. Subsequently as President was inept and had the most corrupt administration ever. Chernow does a great job at laying out the truly amazing story of a man who arguably did more for the preservation of the United States than anyone.

The General. It’s shocking how the losers of the Civil War are more celebrated and memorialized in school names and statues than the General they lost to. A man under whose leadership a war was won, important constitutional amendments were enforced, and a persistent military presence in the South put the boot on the neck of white supremacy. For better or worse his story is hotly debated. Like with all things, context matters and no more so in this account. Coming from a family of devout abolitionist, perhaps no other President delivered so much in action, money, and support for Black America than Grant. Facts suspiciously overlooked on our textbooks. Instead his characterization is summarized as either the victorious General, a drunk, or misguided President. Even his name is not represented in its exact form. In truth, like all of us, he was more complex, intellectually and morally than history has remembered him. It is no surprise than that it would take this behemoth of a biography to capture all of the nuance of such a layered man. No stone unturned or detail left out, no matter what light it may cast Grant in. The added color of the outstanding feats and failings contrasted to his natural introvert demeanor, make for a fun and engaging journey through his life. The scope of which is encyclopedic in the periods covered and international reach it had. I recommend this one in audiobook format. The reading makes nearly 50-hour listening feel more like a live action documentary. Even in detailing his shortcomings, the biographer demonstrates that in Grant’s life story we are reminded that even the best of us are flawed. What we observe is a man who goes through a sort of hero’s journey to arrive at his true place. Along the way we get a meticulously detailed history of the civil war, politics, and culture of the Gilded Age. Parts of which mirror the drama and complexities of the Peloponnesian War as told by Thucydides.

Very Enlightening. This book provides great insight into Grant, the person. While I always knew he was a great general, I had very little understanding of Grant as a person outside the Civil War. The book also opened up my eyes to the political situation that Blacks and Grant had to contend with during Reconstruction. It was a tragedy the way Blacks were treated post Civil War through the Civil Rights movement after WWII. I used to think if only Lincoln had lived, but now I am not so sure if Lincoln could have done much better than Grant. Southern society was simply not willing to accept Blacks on any terms other than as inferior to whites.

Grant. What a masterpiece of writing. I learned more about Grant from this book than in my military history classes at West Point.

Grant. Long, but the pages turn easily. Chernow builds a complete picture of a good man made a great man by circumstances more than ambition. Chernow invests careful and thorough research to conclude that Grant a) kept his latent alcoholism under control, b) placed excessive and naive trust in close friends and c) sincerely fought to give freed slaves a real chance at freedom and (near) equality. He adds context to historical events that modified my understanding of causation. The absolute dominance of the post-war Republican Party , the enormous growth of government spending and rapid economic growth spawned by peace enabled profiteers to run amok. Grant left office broke while all of his closest advisors wound up wealthy, disgraced, or both.

Grant. Every West Pointer and every US Army officer should be required to read this book. And then answer questions to gauge their understanding. Is Grant the best general the U.S. Army ever produced? Please indicate in one paragraph your response. What qualities made Grant successful? Do you possess these qualities? Do you think you can develop them? Do you think the current US Army structure fosters leaders like Grant? One paragraph, give your response. Do you feel that the existing U.S. Army senior officer schools promote these qualities?

Meticulously written, easy to read. Captivating story about an extraordinary human being that made a significant impact on America and the American people during his time as a general and president Today, we can learn from Grant thanks to the author who brought him to life for us. Grateful and appreciative of your hard work!

History at its Finest. Very well written, engrossing, captivating. It has motivated me to learn more of Grant.

SORRY, NOT A FIVE STAR BOOK. Based on all the five star reviews I gave this a go. It is 500 pages too long in my opinion. Do we really need to know every time Grant picked up a glass to drink, or speculate how Lincoln may have stood with his hands behind his back fuming in his office? Not sure how much of this is real and how much is fluff. Grant is made to look like a hero of some sort, yet history says otherwise. Sorry, but despite all the hype this was a long slog with littel payoff. There has been better written on the subject.

Eye opening!. I really had no idea of Grant’s backstory. Of being forced out of the army and struggling in civilian life. He really was a man where the times came to him. Unusual, or impossible in this day and age.

Latest masterpiece by Ron Chernow. Grant is a supremely well-written biography of perhaps the most under-rated of our presidents. Easily equal in quality to Hamilton as a biography.

Wonderful, well written book on Grant.. This book brought me into the mind of Grant. His childhood and young adulthood seemed he might be aimless but when in the military as a young man, his genius for strategy and his ability to connect with soldiers was his success.

Superb!. A beautifully written testament to a man often forgotten. It should be required reading for all students of American history as well as most citizens of this country.

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