The book “Ulysses S. Grant” is strictly a biography written by Steven O’Brien and published by Chelsea House Publishing in 1991. The author writes about Grant's life from his early age to his death. Steven O’Brien includes a detailed analysis of every event that impacted and changed Grant’s life, describing it in an organized and cohesive manner. Grant was not always a man of success and the author does a fair job of showing Grant’s achievements as well as failures because no man is perfect after all. The book presents old information in an interesting fashion, it is great for people that want to learn facts about the life of the 18th President of the United States and develop their own idea about who Ulysses S. Grant was. The author, Steven …show more content…
The most important source to mention is The personal Memoirs of U.S Grant published in 1895. He also used Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, U.S Grant's wife to contrast both. There is also a great use of other biographies and historical books about the civil war. Books like The Generals-Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee written by Dwight Scott Anderson gave the author a source for comparison of Grant to other leaders and generals. Vicksburg, 47 Days of Siege by A. A. Hoelig gave the author a chance to see General Grant tactics in action. The sources are carefully chosen and include primary sources which are a great addition to the bibliography. They also add a lot of diversity to the book which does not make the book biased or only concentrated on one characteristic about Grant's …show more content…
Reardon exercises a point that the author had done a fair job thanks to his implementation of excellent coverage of military campaigns in Grant career, presenting both failures and achievements, and writing the text with a lively well understood manner with the addition of pictures contributed into a positive review of the book.
As a high school student, I would recommend the book because of its useful information for students to use and a lot of primary sources to use in papers. The author did a good job at presenting the information in a simple manner with a great amount of in-depth descriptions about every event that happened in U.S. Grant’s life. The authors use of many black-and-white pictures and a chronology in the back is a great resource for students to use. It is a must for any high school library to