Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-506) and index.
Contents
Men and horses -- Obsessions and fantasies -- The unwilling soldier -- Grant falls in love -- The results of inventive genius -- Grant the pacifist -- The road to Mexico -- Grant turns over a new leaf -- The lean years -- The old South -- Drifting into war -- Grant leaves Galena for the war -- Men of promise -- Grant at Cairo -- The domineering Rawlins appears -- The world hears of Grant -- The South tries to be a nation -- The battle of Shiloh -- The North at war -- The Vicksburg adventure -- Grant is made general-in-chief -- Grant and Lee -- The sunset of the Confederacy -- The era of Andrew Jackson -- The turmoil of reconstruction -- Grant becomes president -- Adventures in high finance -- The reconstructed South -- Diplomatic episodes -- The trip around the world -- The tragedy of Grant & Ward -- The house of pain.
