5 stars
I have been fascinated with Ulysses S. Grant since reading a couple of biographies of Abraham Lincoln and after months spent with this captivating memoir, I am still utterly intrigued by the man. This is a perfect portrait of a imperfect human. He was a brilliant General, a protector of human rights, a caring husband but he also struggled mightily with alcohol, proved to be a naïve and disastrous businessman and was entirely too trusting of so-called friends. This book is so well-written and intricately researched that I felt that I was living alongside of him and was sad that it ended. At almost a thousand large pages with small font, reading this book is a commitment but one that is very much worth the experience. I was fortunate to received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review .
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