Butterflies Are Free by Goldie Hawn

Butterflies Are Free by Goldie Hawn

A fast-paced, highly readable narrative . . . stimulating biography.
--James I. Robertson
I was impressed by the sweep and power of the narrative. Readers will find a Grant they never before encountered. A compelling book.
--John Y. Simon, editor, The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
Not since Bruce Catton has there been such an absorbing and exciting biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant is a mystery to me, said Sherman, and I believe he is a mystery to himself. Geoffrey Perret's account offers new insights into Grant the commander and Grant the president that would have astonished both his friends, such as Sherman, and his enemies.
Based on extensive research, including material either not seen or not used by other writers, this biography explains for the first time how Grant's military genius ultimately triumphed as he created a new approach to battle. He was, says Perret, the man who taught the army how to fight.
As president, Grant was widely misunderstood and underrated. That was mainly because he was, as Perret shows, the first modern president--the first man to preside over a rich, industrialized America that had put slavery behind it and was struggling to provide racial justice for all.
Grant's story--from a frontier boyhood to West Point; from heroic feats in the Mexican War to grinding poverty in St. Louis; from his return to the army and eventual election to the presidency; from his two-year journey around the world to his final battle to finish his Personal Memoirs--is one of the most adventurous and moving in American history.
What distinguishes this narrative are Perret's bristling style and his skillful blend of tactical analysis andconventional biography. . . . Perret persuasively presents a man who endured and conquered all: binge drinking, rivals, false friends, and even the cancer that could not stop him from completing his memoirs.
--Kirkus Reviews

Goldie Hawn is the creator of the Hawn Foundation, as well as an international children's champion and ardent supporter of mindful living. She is a mother and grandmother as well as an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, and director. A Lotus Grows in the Mud, her best-selling autobiography, was released in 2005.

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EAN	0014381685329
Title	Butterflies Are Free
Format	Colour DVD-Video Widescreen NTSC
Region Code	1
Running time	538
Studio	BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
Audience Rating	PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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