The writing is as good as the pictures in this coffee-table book of eye-catching photos and illustrations of Grant, his family, the war, enslaved people, and more.
‘Grant and Twain’ by Mark Perry
The story of how Twain helped Grant publish his memoirs has been told elsewhere, but gets more detail here. More interesting is the book’s account of how Grant helped Twain.
‘The Mask of Command’ by John Keegan
John Keegan is a military historian who believes that no one style of leadership is successful across time, and that Grant was the right general for the dawn of the era of democratic and technological warfare.
‘My Dearest Julia: The Wartime Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Wife’
Eighty five letters from Ulysses S. Grant to Julia before and after their marriage demonstrate the deep love between the two and show Grant’s maturation from awkward young man to confident general.