Ulysses S. Grant: America's 18th President

by Janet Riehecky

Book Overview

Ulvsses S. Grant was acclaimed as the most brilliant general of the era for his leadership of the Union armies that won the Civil War in 1865. After the near impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Grant was elected president in 1868 on a simple platform -- "let us have peace." He struggled for eight years with reform and reconstruction in the defeated South. Grant supported full civil rights for former slaves and enforced those rights with federal troops,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0516228684
• ISBN13: 9780516228686
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8