GrantW. W. Norton & Company, 2002年9月17日 - 608 頁 "Combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages....Biography at its best."—Marcus Cunliffe, The New York Times Book Review; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The seminal biography of one of America's towering, enigmatic figures. From his boyhood in Ohio to the battlefields of the Civil War and his presidency during the crucial years of Reconstruction, this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traces the entire arc of Grant's life (1822-1885). "A moving and convincing portrait....profound understanding of the man as well as his period and his country."—C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books "Clearsightedness, along with McFeely's unfailing intelligence and his existential sympathy...informs his entire biography."—Justin Kaplan, The New Republic |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 88 筆
第 2 頁
... talk to any other man who happened to be sitting on a log along a wartime road. The problem was that he did not trust himself to remain in conversation with the man whose language he could speak. He did not dare embrace the comradeship ...
... talk to any other man who happened to be sitting on a log along a wartime road. The problem was that he did not trust himself to remain in conversation with the man whose language he could speak. He did not dare embrace the comradeship ...
第 17 頁
... talk about them. He was, for example, unwilling to admit his familiarity with literature in order to establish his ... talking of books, mentioning one or two familiar names, and I — well, I looked as though if I had read that particular ...
... talk about them. He was, for example, unwilling to admit his familiarity with literature in order to establish his ... talking of books, mentioning one or two familiar names, and I — well, I looked as though if I had read that particular ...
第 26 頁
... talk of other suitors. He in turn sent her precise descriptions of the intriguing people he met, as in this account of his first trip up the Red River: "The boat was quite small and considerably crouded with passengers and they not of ...
... talk of other suitors. He in turn sent her precise descriptions of the intriguing people he met, as in this account of his first trip up the Red River: "The boat was quite small and considerably crouded with passengers and they not of ...
第 33 頁
... Talking about war did not stimulate Grant; participating in it did, as is shown by his conduct when the attack on Monterrey began: "My curiosity got the better of my judgment, and I mounted a horse and rode to the front to see what was ...
... Talking about war did not stimulate Grant; participating in it did, as is shown by his conduct when the attack on Monterrey began: "My curiosity got the better of my judgment, and I mounted a horse and rode to the front to see what was ...
第 35 頁
... talking about him for the job of president, then held by Polk, a Democrat. Polk was in a quandary. He had given the command to Taylor, a Whig, to keep it away from a more prominent member of the opposition party, Winfield Scott. Looking ...
... talking about him for the job of president, then held by Polk, a Democrat. Polk was in a quandary. He had given the command to Taylor, a Whig, to keep it away from a more prominent member of the opposition party, Winfield Scott. Looking ...
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28 | |
41 | |
GALENA | 58 |
ESCAPING FROM THE ORDINARY | 67 |
WARRIORS | 77 |
BATTLES | 90 |
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET | 274 |
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS OF THIS LAND | 305 |
A FRIDAY AND A FRIEND | 319 |
ENGLAND AND SANTO DOMINGO | 332 |
DEMOCRACY | 356 |
GREATNESS | 380 |
WEDDING AND WHISKEY | 400 |
WAIFS | 426 |
SHILOH | 111 |
VICKSBURG | 122 |
CHATTANOOGA | 139 |
WASHINGTON AND THE WILDERNESS | 152 |
PETERSBURG | 174 |
PEACE | 197 |
ON TO MEXICO | 216 |
AFTER THE WAR | 232 |
THE RISING MAN | 247 |
AROUND THE WORLD | 450 |
GRANT WARD | 478 |
TO WRITE A BOOK TO BE A MAN | 495 |
Epilogue | 518 |
Notes | 523 |
Selected Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 577 |
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