Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant PDF

Author: Mark Lardas

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1849087342

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Ulysses Grant was his country's greatest general since George Washington. Like Washington, Grant's battlefield performance was the only factor standing between the United States continuing as one, indivisible nation. Grant was the keystone of Union victory, a man whose removal would have resulted in the Union cause crumbling into defeat – and the United States dissolving into a collection of competing sovereign states. It was not always so clear cut. An early military career had ended with his resignation for alleged drunkenness, while in civilian life a number of his business ventures foundered leading to the nickname “Useless” Grant. However, victory had its rewards and in March 1864 Grant was promoted to lieutenant-general, the only United States Army officer except for George Washington and Winfield Scott to achieve that rank. By the end of the war Grant would become the United States Army's first full general since Washington.

Authors and Audiences

Authors and Audiences PDF

Author: Clarence Karr

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2000-09-20

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0773568603

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Authors and Audiences reveals the cultural milieu that gave rise to the golden age of hardcover fiction. Karr describes the relationships between authors, literary agents, and publishers in Toronto, London, New York, and other centres; examines the relationship between authors and the movie industry; and discusses the reception of fiction by critics and readers. This is the first Canadian study to use fan mail to highlight readers' interactions with author and text. Karr places the authors' careers in an international setting and shows how, despite living a considerable distance from the leading cultural production centres of New York and London, they became internationally recognized and read.

Dennison Grant

Dennison Grant PDF

Author: Robert J. C. Stead

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13:

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This novel. set in Canada, introduces a whole cacophony of characters from rich to poor, from educated to not educated. The author has a moral message and asks the question, 'should one have wealth according to one's contribution to society?' The Canada that is portrayed is that of the 1920s.

PIMLICO

PIMLICO PDF

Author: P. Confrey Webb

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1631350757

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Inspector Dan Fletcher is working undercover as an insurance investigator to find a previous investigator who has disappeared. He encounters intrigue, murder, and mayhem in his race to identify the members of a criminal organization known as Bluestone, and their informants in the police force and the government. He must close down Bluestone’s illegal activities before the tabloids expose a scandal that will rock the foundations of the British social order.

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