“Ulysses doesn’t scare worth a darn!” a soldier said of General Grant. And indeed he didn’t. Grant was always ready to attack. During the Civil War, he took fort after fort.
Grant was terribly upset when his men were killed. He hated war. But he loved the United States. “We must hold the United States together,” he said, “even if it means war.”
Grant loved riding. When he was on a horse, his cares seemed smaller. He had broken wild colts as a boy. He had been a champion horseback jumper at West Point. When the war was over, and Grant became President, there was not much time for riding. Grant was not at home in politics. But he worked hard trying to make the country united and friendly again.
This is a biography of rare vigor, excitement and insight. The author, a West Point graduate himself, is now assistant director of athletics there.
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