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22) Grant
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
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Description
"Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and 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 Ron Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency."--Book jacket....
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
718 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Description
An analysis of Ulysses Grant's pivotal contributions during the Civil War and his presidency covers his defense of black civil rights, his controversial willingness to sacrifice troops to win the war, and the heated criticism over his Reconstruction policies.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Benedict Arnold is not the villain of American history most people were taught to believe. New facts and never before presented material illuminate his heroic contributions to the American Revolution and explain his later change of allegiance.
27) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 24 cm.
Description
A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War who became the eighteenth president of the United States.
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"What was the driving force behind Dunwoody's success [in the U.S. Army]? While her talent as a logistician and her empathy in dealing with fellow soldiers helped her rise through the ranks, Dunwoody also realized that true leaders never stop learning, refining, growing, and adapting. In [her book, she] details her evolution as a soldier and reveals the core leadership principles that helped her achieve her historic appointment. Dunwoody's strategies...
34) Coriolanus
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Caius Martius 'Coriolanus' is a feared and revered Roman general, suddenly pitted against his own city and fellow citizens. Rebelling against the power-hungry designs of his manipulative mother and rejected by his own people, Coriolanus incites a riot that expels him from Rome. The banished hero joins forces with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius to extract his revenge and determine his destiny.
35) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (come col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Description
A biography of the man elected eighteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Author
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Within the Marine Corps the 'Old Breed' has a special meaning, referring to the soldiers of the 1st Marine Division and their heroic defense of Guadalcanal in the early days of World War II, as well as to those who have gone before. This book gives today's readers a rare chance to hear these old soldiers tell their own stories and to learn firsthand what it was like to be there for some of the twentieth century's most harrowing battles and powerful...
Author
Series
Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 1
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 31
Physical Desc
x, 498 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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Description
A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, who, at age nineteen, volunteered to fight under George Washington; a biography that looks past the storybook hero and selfless champion of righteous causes who cast aside family and fortune to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and justice commemorated in America's towns, streets, parks, and schools named after the French nobleman. Laura Auricchio gives us...
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A lavishly illustrated edition of Michael Korda's acclaimed biography of the man who ended the Civil War, served two terms as president, and wrote one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature. Ulysses S. Grant was the first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House....
40) MacArthur
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Profiles five-star general Douglas MacArthur, focusing on his contributions to military strategy and leadership, his role as an early proponent of the Air Force as an integral part of modern warfare, and his management of peace during the U.S. occupation of Japan.
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