{"product_id":"grant","title":"Ron Chernow: Grant [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003edramatic\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of one of America's most \u003cb\u003ecompelling generals and presidents\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/b\u003e, by \u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Chernow, author of the book on which the astonishing \u003cb\u003emusical \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is based. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs late as \u003cb\u003eApril 1861\u003c\/b\u003e, when the \u003cb\u003eAmerican Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e broke out, Ulysses S. Grant was a dismal failure. A competent officer in the war against Mexico, he had resigned from the army over his drinking and had \u003cb\u003esunk into poverty\u003c\/b\u003e as a civilian, losing all his money in \u003cb\u003ehopeless investments\u003c\/b\u003e. He had failed to secure the command of a volunteer unit and was about to return to his abject life working in his family's leather-goods store when he was offered the colonelcy of an Illinois regiment. Less than \u003cb\u003efour years later\u003c\/b\u003e he was the commanding general of the victorious Union armies and was hailed as a \u003cb\u003emilitary genius\u003c\/b\u003e. He later served two terms as \u003cb\u003ePresident of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e. This is the epic biography of a very unheroic American hero, a modest, reticent and principled man who \u003cb\u003esurprised the world and changed it for the better\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chernow, Ron","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47421970317651,"sku":"XG81788541602","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":46484388708691,"sku":"9781788541602","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/chernow-ron-ron-chernow-grant-2017-paperback-1152879649.jpg?v=1743289999","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/grant","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}