Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
By: Louis L. Picone
4.13
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
The moving story of Ulysses S. Grant's final battle, and the definitive account of the national mem…
Want to Read $ 16.99If you liked the biography plot in Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon by Louis L. Picone , here is a list of 18 books like this:
1. John Tyler: The Accidental President
By: Edward P. Crapol
0.00
Format: 798 pages, Hardcover
The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edward P. Crapol's John Tyler: The Accidental President book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
2. My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Nora Titone
4.29
Format: None pages, ebook
The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre is among the most vivid a… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to an American Tragedy book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- civil war
- nonfiction
3. Arrowsmith
By: E.L. Doctorow , Sinclair Lewis
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Originally published in 1925, after three years of anticipation, the book follows the life of Marti… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in E.L. Doctorow's Arrowsmith book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
4. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
5. Sliver
By: Ira Levin
4.16
Format: 144 pages,
Kay Norris, a successful single woman of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Carnegie Hill district of… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ira Levin's Sliver book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
6. Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year
By: Charles Bracelen Flood
3.72
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Charles Bracelen Flood's Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
7. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
By: Scott S. Greenberger
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Scott S. Greenberger's The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
8. The Queen and I
By: Sue Townsend
4.21
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Queen and I is the brilliantly funny novel by Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole series. T… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sue Townsend's The Queen and I book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
9. Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
By: Matthew Algeo
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did s… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Matthew Algeo's Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
10. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
By: Candice Millard
4.24
Format: None pages,
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Candice Millard's The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
11. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
12. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ron Chernow's Grant book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
13. Franklin Pierce (The American Presidents, #14)
By: Michael F. Holt , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz
3.75
Format: 352 pages,
The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michael F. Holt's Franklin Pierce (The American Presidents, #14) book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
14. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Rachel Maddow's Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
15. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Candice Millard's River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
16. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Brian Kilmeade's The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
17. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Douglas Brunt's The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
18. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
19. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Jon Meacham's And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
20. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Mel Brooks's All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
21. To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876
By: Bret Baier
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestseller Fox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Bret Baier's To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
22. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Steven Levitsky's Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
23. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
By: Gary Paulsen
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing memoir from three-time Newbery Honor–winning author Gary Paulsen—whose books have sol… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- nonfiction
- biography
"I got stuck in a toilet."-Gary Paulsen, Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
24. Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
By: Fergus M. Bordewich
4.29
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysse… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Fergus M. Bordewich's Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
25. The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
On the stormy night of August 29th, 1776, the Continental Army faced annihilation. After losing the… read more
Want to Read $ 11.20Similar categories in Patrick K. O'Donnell's The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
26. Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox
By: Caroline E. Janney
4.14
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Caroline E. Janney's Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- history
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
27. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
28. The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
By: William I. Hitchcock
4.34
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike’s enormous in… read more
Want to Read $ 12.82Similar categories in William I. Hitchcock's The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- nonfiction
29. Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
By: Dean Jobb
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A rollicking story of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Dean Jobb's Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
30. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant
By: John Reeves
3.81
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Presenting an original, thought-provoking look at Ulysses S. Grant, Soldier of Destiny evokes the l… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in John Reeves's Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
31. Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
By: Louis L. Picone
4.13
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
The moving story of Ulysses S. Grant's final battle, and the definitive account of the national mem… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon book and Louis L. Picone's Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
- american history
- biography
- history
- presidents
- civil war
- american civil war
- nonfiction
