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Title: Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, "Emancipator," Writer by William S. McFeely, Neil Giordano ISBN: 0-393-02032-0 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not a home run
Comment: I agree and disagree with the previous reviewers. I think it's an exaggeration to say McFeely writes breathless, perfect prose. He's a great writer but not as fabulous as that. Having said that, the words are the only thing to recommend the book. The photos are non-existent! I don't know what the publishers were thinking. I have seen all the photos in here a million times. The cover photo is the same photo used on many other US Grant books. What is going on?
OK, on to Grant's marriage. I take no issue with what is presented. Basically McFeely says the thing which made the Grant marriage work was great sex and he proves how Grant did enjoy this to the hilt. Why not? When you are as rich, as successful and as famous as Grant was in his heyday, I would imagine physical relations would be high on your list. Kissinger said power was the ultimate aphrodisiac. McFeely doesn't criticize Mrs. Grant. He says she is silly, but the other reviewer blowing their fuse about this is the silly thing. He likes Mrs. Grant, he points out she had many strengths, which she did. She was a great wife and helpmate to her hubby.
The slave chapter I enjoyed. I enjoyed the chapter on his travels, which I knew nothing about. I agree that the chapter on his marriage is the heart, the soul of the book. I wish I had such a good marriage in my two efforts. Hallelujah to Grant. But the photos here are really, really bad.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty book
Comment: I don't know if the pictures of Grant were rare. I don't know that many pictures of him. But I will say the writing is very good. I know books about Grant from Mr. Catton and Mr. McFeeley writes as well, if not better than the former writer. I liked the way the book was arranged. I would've liked more pictures instead of drawings.
P.S. Julia Grant WAS a silly woman. McFeeley says many nice things about her. It's not character assassination, he admires her.
Rating: 4
Summary: OK book with some nice writing
Comment: First, I wonder why the "Reader from Canoga Park, Ca" always refers to the other reviewer and her reviews of Grant books? Every time she reviews a Grant book, this gal butts in to talk about her, NOT Grant. Talk about being obsessed, Canoga Park. My suggestion: recover from your jealousy.
The book is excellent. McFeely writes real well. The photos are disappointing and I didn't like the etching. McFeely won the Pulitzer Prize so he's obviously a good writer.
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Title: We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends by David Herbert Donald ISBN: 0743254686 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely ISBN: 0393323943 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River by William L. Shea, Terrence J. Winschel ISBN: 0803242549 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by David Hackett Fischer ISBN: 0195170342 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Stranger and the Statesman : James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian by Nina Burleigh ISBN: 0060002417 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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