Clinch Jon - The General And Julia A Novel - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband a father a general and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate work of superb historical fiction (Booklist starred review). Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words hour after hour day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption Grant journeys back in time. He had once been the savior of the Union the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox a twice - elected president who fought for the civil rights of Black Americans and against the rising Ku Klux Klan a plain farmer - turned - business magnate who lost everything to a Wall Street swindler a devoted husband to his wife Julia and a loving father to four children. In this gorgeously rendered and moving novel Grant rises from the page in all of his contradictions and foibles his failures and triumphs. Moving from blood - stained battlefields to Gilded Age New York the novel explores how Grant's own views on race and Reconstruction changed over time. A graceful moving narrative (Kirkus Reviews starred review) from historical fiction master Jon Clinch this evocatively crafted novel breathes fresh life into an American icon.
Title: The General And Julia A Novel
Author(s): Clinch Jon
Publisher: Atria Books
Barcode: 9781668009789
Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction