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Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals a

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Table of contents :
Introduction: The Sphinx talks --
Part one: A life of struggle. Country bumpkin
The darling young lieutenant
Rough and ready
The son of temperance
Payday --
Part two: A life of war. The store clerk
The quiet man
Twin forts
Dynamo
A glittering lie
Exodus
Man of iron
Citadel
Deliverance
Above the clouds
Idol of the hour
Ulysses the Silent
Raging storm
Heavens hung in black
Caldron of hell
Chew & choke
Her satanic majesty
Dirty boots
A singular, indescribable vessel --
Part three: A life of peace. Soldierly good faith
Swing around the circle
Volcanic passion
Trading places
Spoils of war
We are all Americans
Sin against humanity
The darkest blot
A dance of blood
Vindication
A butchery of citizens
The bravest battle
Let no guilty man escape
Saddest of the falls
Redeemers --
Part four: A life of reflection. The wanderer
Master spirit
A miserable dirty reptile
Taps.

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