Just saw an ad on MSNBC for a History.com three night special
event on Ulysses S. Grant our 18th President and General of the
Union Army that literally saved the country.
Over the past few years there seems to be a shift in the perspective of
Grant in the academic community. This ‘revisionist’
look is taking him in as more of a heavyweight than he was essentially given
credit for. I’m really looking forward
to it as I am just two years past my reading of William S. McFeely’s Pulitzer Prize
winning biography on Ulysses S. Grant. McFeely passed away late last year and I
understand that Leonardo DiCaprio is the executive producer of the
mini-series. I’ll review the series as
it runs each night here at Truman’s Conscience American History Blogmanac. More updates on the series as I run across it
as so far all I know is it starts on Memorial Day evening, Monday, May 25th.
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