{"title":"Ronald C White Jr","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the insightful biographies of Ronald C. White Jr., offering deep dives into the lives of iconic figures. Perfect for history buffs and those seeking thoughtful perspectives on leadership and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"american-ulysses-book-ronald-c-white-jr-9780812981254","title":"American Ulysses","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER . From the author of\u003ci\u003eA. Lincoln,\u003c\/i\u003e a major new biography of one of America's greatest generals-and most misunderstood presidents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography .Finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Military History Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In his time, Ulysses S. 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His wife, Julia Dent Grant, long marginalized in the historic record, emerges in her own right as a spirited and influential partner.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Grant was not only a brilliant general but also a passionate defender of equal rights in post-Civil War America. After winning election to the White House in 1868, he used the power of the federal government to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He was the first president to state that the government's policy toward American Indians was immoral, and the first ex-president to embark on a world tour, and he cemented his reputation for courage by racing against death to complete his \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/i\u003e. Published by Mark Twain, it is widely considered to be the greatest autobiography by an American leader, but its place in Grant's life story has never been fully explored-until now.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One of those rare books that successfully recast our impression of an iconic historical figure, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a finely honed, three-dimensional portrait of Grant the man-husband, father, leader, writer-that should set the standard by which all future biographies of him will be measured.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" Ronald C. White portrays a deeply introspective man of ideals, a man of measured thought and careful action who found himself in the crosshairs of American history at its mostcrucial moment.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"White delineates Grant's virtues better than any author before. . . .By the end, readers will see how fortunate the nation was that Grant went into the world-to save the Union, to lead it and, on his deathbed, to write one of the finest memoirs in all of American letters.\"\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Ronald White has restored Ulysses S. Grant to his proper place in history with a biography whose breadth and tone suit the man perfectly. 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Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the preservation of the Union and therefore in the making of modern America.\"-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAnd There Was Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FINALIST FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN LINCOLN PRIZE AND THE AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST BOOK PRIZE FOR HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes- On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg-and told by two surgeons he would die-Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this cradle-to-grave biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential postwar public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans- How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chamberlain is familiar to millions from Michael Shaara's now-classic novel of the Civil War, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ken Burns's timeless miniseries \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War,\u003c\/i\u003e but in this book\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e White captures the complex and inspiring man behind the hero\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Heavily illustrated and featuring nine detailed maps, this gripping, impeccably researched portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in our nation's bloodiest conflict.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983833108753,"sku":"NIN9780525510109","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51322140328209,"sku":"CIN0525510109G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0525510109.jpg?v=1751230460"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-ronald-c-white-jr.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}