Join us at our South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch for a conversation with Frank Scaturo, author of "Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant."
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With a lifelong interest in history, Scaturro founded the Grant Monument Association in 1994 to draw public attention to the disrepair of Grant's Tomb in New York City. He is the author of President Grant Reconsidered, and he has written articles in the fields of Supreme Court jurisprudence and American history, as well as civil procedure.
"Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant" celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio native answered his nation’s call to service and finished the war as a lieutenant general in command of the U.S. Army. Four years later, he ascended to the presidency to better secure the peace he had helped win on the battlefield. Despite his major achievements in war and peace, political and sectional enemies battered his reputation. For nearly a century, his military and political career remained deeply misunderstood.
Since the Civil War centennial, however, Grant’s reputation has blossomed into a full renaissance. His military record garners new respect and, more recently, an appreciation for his political career—particularly his strong advocacy for equal rights—is quickly catching up.
Throughout these decades, his personal memoirs marking him as a significant American “Man of Letters” have never gone out of print. This collection of essays by some of today’s leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant’s military career and presidency, as well as underexplored personal topics such as his faith and family life.
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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