General Ulysses S. Grant the burning little has been known about

little has been known about Nathan "Shanks" Evans

Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned

and friends to unmask the various -- often seemingly contradictory -- personae of the genius who felt called by "a glittering destiny no ordinary man would be permitted

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General Ulysses S. Grant the burning little has been known aboutIn this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his