Editor’s note: This is the eighteenth entry in the writer’s year-long project to read one book about each of the U.S. Presidents by Election Day 2016. You can also follow Marcus’ progress at the @44in52 Twitter account and with this 44 in 52 Spreadsheet.
The more you read about the Civil War, the more it becomes clear that the conflict raged for far longer than anyone expected. After plowing through Jean Edward Smith’s biography Grant, I know the feeling.
At 600 pages, this tale of Ulysses S. Grant isn’t the longest book in my project thus far — the Washington, Adams and Lincoln biographies had more pages — but it sure felt like the longest. Read more…
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