America's Hardscrabble General - 9780809338795

America's Hardscrabble GeneralUlysses S. Grant, from Farm Boy to Shiloh\nAuthor(s): Jack Hurst\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press, United States\nImprint: Southern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780809338795, 978-0809338795\nSynopsis\nHow Grants humble beginnings shaped his unique military genius\n\n Renowned for his military skill, courage, and indomitability during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant is considered the savior of the Union and a model for American generalship. However, unlike most of his fellow officers, Grant came from humble beginnings and experienced a number of professional failures before rising to military prominence.\n\n Grant grew up on a farm on the Ohio frontier and reluctantly attended West Point, where he finished in the middle of his class. In his early career, he was often underestimated by his peers despite valiant service. Between the Mexican War and the Civil War, Grants Hardscrabble farm failed, and when he decided t.