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Grant

Ron Chernow, 2017

Long read, about 1104 pages

A failed businessman becomes a general and president. A study in quiet resolve.

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  1. What did Grant's early failures have to do with his later success?
  2. How does the book change the way you think of him, as a general and as a president?
  3. What does "quiet resolve" look like, and where have you seen it?

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