Ulysses S. Grant: Military Leader and President

by Tim O'Shei

Book Overview

-- Clear and concise biographies of the best-known Civil War personalities -- Includes interesting and informative sidebars -- Presented in an easy-to-read format -- Complements school curriculum This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791061396
• ISBN13: 9780791061398
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

grant

I wrot this revew because it is for a grade at school.This is a good book because it says alot about grant and it says all the things that he dos in his life and while he was in the milatary and. I would recomend this book to any one because he is a good person that you would like to know about and you should read it. I also like this book because it has alot of pictures and i like to read books with pictures because it makes you think that the book is short so that is good for me.so when my teacher reads this if people can reply to this revew say that i shold get an A. this is a relly good book and reas it so you will know about grant and this is the end of my revew

Not bad as a children's book

There are much better general children's biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, but this book is especially strong in the military aspects of Grant's career. Special care is devoted to Grant's participation in the Mexican War and several chapters are set aside for detailed examinations of Grant's civil war campaigns. This is a surprisingly strong entry in the children's biography field, and the descriptions of Grant's various battles are generally accurate and simplified for the younger reader. The author's take on the Vicksburg campaign is actually highly entertaining and takes a complicated campaign, reducing it to something a child could comprehend.Weaker are the areas of Grant's rich private life, and one wishes Coolridge would have concentrated a bit more on Grant's happy marriage and his abilities as a father. But all in all, this is a good military introduction into Grant's life.