You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant

A Farcical Biography

By: Brad Neely

Narrated by: Brad Neely

Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

A comically unorthodox “biography”

Spanning from the birth of Ulysses S. Grant until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest portrait of an American hero who struggled to balance love, soldiering, and the attainment of the American Dream.

Taking the accessible, pop history of Coe’s You Never Forget Your First and adding more of the nerdy, punk humor of Rainn Wilson or Judd Apatow, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor audiences alike. Examining the validity of biography by hilariously breaking all the form's rules, this book removes the pomp to deliver a hopeful message of human potential: that the heroes we now venerate were also flawed, flesh and blood individuals and that we, too, are never too small to achieve great things. In bringing Grant to life, Brad Neely may have created his greatest cult classic yet.

©2024 Brad Neely (P)2024 Keylight Books

Golden ticket to kill-school

Masterpiece. An audiobook and a biography crying out for meaningful competition; only Richard Poe's narration of "Blood Meridian" can hope to offer such.

Must purchase, must must.

Delightfully Hilarious Yet Thought-Provoking

This book is stunningly well written and very self-aware! I appreciate that Neely doesn’t shy away from horrific topics but can smoothly transition back to absurd and bombastic hilarity. His narration makes the book even better! I found myself continuously laughing out loud while listening.

Buckle up

Are you ready for the greatest biography of any person, living or dead? Ulysses Grant is giving a standing ovation from his grave over this one.

If you’re a fan of Neely’s work; this is his magnum opus to date

This guy’s work is so important to me, it’s indescribable. His words and his perspective are like like no other media / art I can ingest anywhere. I adored every second of this book for the following reasons; it’s funny as hell, it’s descriptive as hell, it captures some kind of universal human experience, it’s morally GOOD (and makes you remember why that’s important and not in a snobby self righteous way), and it enlightened me on people and things that I didn’t previously know enough about (even if there were slight artistic liberties taken, which can be considered part of the genre and thus totally excusable and for me was part of the charm).

I literally started crying in the last few minutes of this book because I was so absolutely gutted it was coming to an end. I would give anything for this guy to keep churning out work like this, seriously, it’s nourishment for the soul.

Anyways it’s damn good so just buy the stinkin thing and listen for yourself already

Beautiful prose poetry

Historic fiction told by one of America’s greatest living wordsmiths. Visceral and relatable and hilarious

Perfection

I’d listen to this man talk about anything. Beautiful! Also very interesting and entertaining! I love it.

Almost Peak Neely

If you like Brad Neely you’ll like this

If you like Neely and American history you might love it

If you like American history, have an open mind, but are unfamiliar with Neely your mileage may vary

I was fully expecting a Neely voice, perhaps one of the professor brothers (and at times the voice he uses seems like it slips into Frank) but it took me a minute to get into the rickety old historian thing he was doing.

best listen of my year

this was a profound rivulet of experience excreted from one of the hardest working joy glands in the game. From the moment it opened its delightful orafice encrusted with lemon-lime colored pus, I was enthralled. transcendent translucent, truckluent. a revelation onto man

Neely's work at its mightiest

this book puts a lifetime of brilliant social satire to maximum performance. Like a blind sword master, Neely expertly presents a moral and sensory nightmare of American history like a cartoon more vivid and precise than objective accounts could allow. For longtime fans of his comics, shorts, and series, you will be well-fed.

A great listen

Very few audio books surpass their written counterparts, Brad Neely's performance here is easily the funniest thing I have heard in years.

I can't wait to experience what he has lined up for us next.