To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876
Book by Bret Baier
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Publisher : Custom House; First Edition (October 12, 2021) Language : English Hardcover : 400 pages ISBN-10 : 0063039540 ISBN-13 : 978-0063039544 Item Weight : 1.29 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #14,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7 in Elections #13 in American Civil War Biographies (Books) #44 in US Presidents , #1 New York Times Bestseller Fox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant "To Rescue the Republic is narrative history at its absolute finest. A fast-paced, thrilling and enormously important book." — Douglas Brinkley An epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten electoral crisis that nearly fractured a reunited nation, Bret Baier’s To Rescue the Republic dramatically reveals Ulysses S. Grant’s essential yet underappreciated role in preserving the United States during an unprecedented period of division. Born a tanner’s son in rugged Ohio in 1822 and battle-tested by the Mexican American War, Grant met his destiny on the bloody fields of the Civil War. His daring and resolve as a general gained the attention of President Lincoln, then desperate for bold leadership. Lincoln appointed Grant as Lieutenant General of the Union Army in March 1864. Within a year, Grant’s forces had seized Richmond and forced Robert E. Lee to surrender. Four years later, the reunified nation faced another leadership void after Lincoln’s assassination and an unworthy successor completed his term. Again, Grant answered the call. At stake once more was the future of the Union, for though the Southern states had been defeated, it remained to be seen if the former Confederacy could be reintegrated into the country—and if the Union could ensure the rights and welfare of African Americans in the South. Grant met the challenge by boldly advancing an agenda of Reconstruction and aggressively countering the Ku Klux Klan. In his final weeks in the White House, however, Grant faced a crisis that threatened to undo his life’s work. The contested presidential election of 1876 produced no clear victory for either Republican Rutherford B. Hayes or Democrat Samuel Tilden, who carried most of the former Confederacy. Soon Southern states vowed to revolt if Tilden was not declared the victor. Grant was determined to use his influence to preserve the Union, establishing an electoral commission to peaceably settle the issue. Grant brokered a grand bargain: the installation of Republican Hayes to the presidency, with concessions to the Democrats that effectively ended Reconstruction. This painful compromise saved the nation, but tragically condemned the South to another century of civil-rights oppression. Deep with contemporary resonance and brimming with fresh detail that takes readers from the battlefields of the Civil War to the corridors of power where men decided the fate of the nation in back rooms, To Rescue the Republic reveals Grant, for all his complexity, to be among the first rank of American heroes. Read more
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I now know ten times more about Grant then I did before I read this book. The author's trip into Grant's background is complete and includes his experience with fellow Civil War generals that he knew for years before the war and later as associates during and after his presidency. Bret Bair and Catherine Whitney's coverage of the complete Grant, his family, his presidency and the less publicized time before his death can't help but inform the reader of truly important parts of American history and what Grant was all about. He was certainly a strong man, a thoughtful leader and a dedicated familyman with personal strengths and faults that only the reader can reconcile to acknowledge how great this man was, or not...
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