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Callard's avatar

That was a wonderful read. Thanks for sharing!

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Keith Rohman's avatar

I am not sure what got me to read it. Someone said it was the best written presidential memoir. It was amazing. You felt like you knew him and that you’ve been in the room with someone amazing.

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Joseph Santilli's avatar

Brava. Well done.

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Alexis Coe's avatar

Truly my pleasure!

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Mike M. in the PNW's avatar

I read Chernow's Grant and I'm a quarter the way through Grant's Biography and I intuitively felt the accuracy of this statement but could have never articulated it myself:

“I am a verb,” he had once said. He wasn’t the story. He was the action. No performance, no preamble. Just motion, outcome, history written in the wake. While others postured, Grant advanced. He wasn’t described—he happened."

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Alexis Coe's avatar

Thank you! I spent a little bit of time on it 🙃

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Alan Green's avatar

Fascinating story, Grant was brave right to the end!

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