William S. McFeely is the author of Yankee Stepfather, Frederick Douglass, Sapelo's People, Proximity to Death, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Grant. He lives in Wellfleet and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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In this stunning biography, William McFeely brings us a thoroughly compelling story of a tangled life. Having once said “a military life had no charms to me,” U.S. Grant entered West Point to get through the course, secure a detail for a few y... SEE MORE