
U.S. Grant
American Hero, American Myth
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Narrado por:
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L. J. Ganser
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Joan Waugh
At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings.
In an insightful blend of biography and cultural history, Joan Waugh traces Grant's shifting national and international reputation, illuminating the role of memory in our understanding of American history. She captures a sense of what led 19th-century Americans to overlook Grant's obvious faults and hold him up as a critically important symbol of national reconciliation and unity. Waugh further shows that Grant's reputation and place in public memory closely parallel the rise and fall of the Northern version of the Civil War story, in which the United States was the clear, morally superior victor and Grant was the emblem of that victory. After the failure of Reconstruction, the dominant Union myths about the war gave way to a Southern version that emphasized a more sentimental remembrance of the honor and courage of both sides and ennobled the "Lost Cause". By the 1920s, Grant's reputation had plummeted. Most Americans today are unaware of how revered Grant was in his lifetime. Joan Waugh uncovers the reasons behind the rise and fall of his renown, underscoring as well the fluctuating memory of the Civil War itself.
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Enjoyed it.
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The reader does an excellent job with the narration.
Waugh spends an inordinate amount of time dwelling on the construction of the Grant memorial in New York and then winds it up. The book would have been better if she had continued her detailed narrative further into the 20th century to explain how historians' views of Grants evolved to the current time.
A new perspective
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The audio is spliced together in an obvious manner and is sometimes awkward. It is well written and the facts seem to be straight.
For a counter view point on this man, check out Master of War which by the way is an outstanding insight on this lesser known man, MG George Thomas. It will make you wonder if President Lincoln chose the wrong man when Thomas and his record was under his nose from the beginning.
A Celebration of US Grant
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Runs out of gas at the end
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Fantastic
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Book rating: four to five stars
Recording/reading: two stars
Good Book, Weaker Audio
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weak
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