American Ulysses: a life of Ulysses S. Grant

Formation, 1630-1848. "My family is American" ; "My Ulysses" ; West Point ; "My Dear Julia" ; "Either by treaty or the sword" ; "Army of invasion"

Trial, 1848-1861. Panama ; "Forsaken" ; "Hardscrabble" ; Galena

Transformation, 1861-1865. "I am in to do all I can" ; Belmont ; "Unconditional surrender" ; Shiloh ; William Tecumseh Sherman ; "More than forty Richmonds" ; Vicksburg ; Chattanooga ; "Washington's legitimate successor" ; "The Wilderness" ; Robert E. Lee ; Petersburg ; Appomattox

Reconstruction, 1865-1868. "I will keep my word" ; "More & more radical" ; "Let us have peace"

President, 1869-1877. "Gold panic" ; "A radical change in Indian policy" ; "Foreign relations" ; Ku Klux Klan ; "The Gilded Age" ; "Malfeasance!" ; Centennial crisis

World citizen, 1879-1885. American ambassador ; Grant & Ward ; Final campaign.

Part I. Formation 1630-1848

"My family is American"

"My Ulysses"

West Point

"Dear Julia"

"By treaty or the sword"

"Army of invasion"

Part II. Trial 1848-1861

Panama

"Forsaken"

"Hardscrabble"

Galena

Part II. Transformation 1861-1865

"I am in to do all I can"

Belmont

"Unconditional surrender"

Shiloh

William Tecumseh Sherman

"More than forty Richmonds"

Vicksburg

Chattanooga

"Washington's legitimate successor"

"Battle of the Wilderness"

Robert E. Lee

Petersburg

Appomattox

Part IV. Reconstruction 1865-1868

"I will keep my word"

"More & more radical"

"Let us have peace"

Part V. President 1869-1877

"Gold panic"

"A radical change in Indian policy"

"Foreign relations"

Ku Klux Klan

"The Gilded Age"

"Malfeasance!"

Centennial crisis

Part VI. World citizen 1879-1885

American ambassador abroad

Grant & Ward

Final campaign

Epilogue.