Ulysses S. Grant; The Unlikely Hero

New York: Atlas Books [Harper], 2013. The Illustrated Harper Reissue Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [12], 226, [2] pages. Illustrations. (included 24 pages of full-color art) and many black and white illustrations. Notes. Illustration Credits. Index. Format is approximately 8 inches by 9.75 inches. Inscribed on the fep by the author. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Michael Korda (born 8 October 1933) is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. He states in his memoir that he edited books on everything from mathematics and philosophy, memoirs, fiction, translations from French, politics, anthropology and science history. One of the first books Korda bought was The Forest People by Colin Turnbull-a memoir of Turnbull's time living with the Mbuti Pygmies in the then Belgian Congo. Korda was a major figure in the book industry, publishing numerous works by high-profile writers and personalities such as William L. Shirer, Will and Ariel Durant, Harold Robbins, Irving Wallace, Richard Nixon, Richard Rhodes and Ronald Reagan. Korda was a major part of Simon & Schuster for more than forty years. In 2000, he published Another Life: A Memoir of Other People, about the world of publishing. A lavishly illustrated edition of Michael Korda's acclaimed biography of the man who ended the Civil War, served two terms as president, and wrote one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature. Ulysses S. Grant was the first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. In this succinct and vivid biography, newly conceived with twenty-four pages of full-color art and many black-and-white illustrations throughout, Michael Korda offers a dramatic reconsideration of the man, his life, and his presidency. Ulysses S. Grant is an evenhanded and stirring portrait of a flawed leader who nevertheless ably guided the United States through a pivotal juncture in its history.