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Flood, Charles Bracelen.

Grant's final victory : Ulysses S. Grant's heroic last year / Charles Bracelen Flood. - 1st Da Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011. - xvi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.

A change in fortune -- The man waiting for more bad news -- The lady at 3 East Sixty-sixth Street -- Retreat to New Jersey -- An opportunity -- To eat a peach, and soldier on -- Grant puts on his armor -- Mark Twain strides onto the stage -- Horses, and a last cigar -- A bittersweet Christmas -- Things come together -- Twenty years after the nation's great redemptive moment ; Reactions to a sick hero ; Unmarked anniversaries -- The "man of iron" keeps going -- Another loan from Vanderbilt -- Sunlight and shadow -- Good-bye, Ulyss. And thank you.

Recounts the last year of the former president's life, after losing his fortune, discovering he had cancer, and his race to complete his memoirs --

ISBN: 9780306820281 0306820285 9780306821516 0306821516

Standard No.: 9780306820281 52750

Source: BRO-upg20111006-081*

LCCN: 2011020263

Subjects--Personal Names:
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Last years.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army --Biography.
United States. Army.
United States. Army --Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.
Generals.
Last years of a person's life.
Presidents.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E672 / .F56 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 973.8/2092 B