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This 5 page paper discusses the life, family and career of Ulysses S. Grant. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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his legendary enemy, Robert E. Lee, Grant nevertheless succeeded in doing what many other generals before him had failed to do: beat Lee to a standstill. This paper is a
brief analysis of his birth, life and career. About This Essay When a student is given instructions that say "write about someone famous," the first thing to do is narrow
it down. The essay is to be about someone well-known, which immediately discounts papers on personal acquaintances, no matter how inspirational they may be. It should also be obvious that
the student has to like the subject; slogging through a paper about a person one dislikes is torture. Two potential subjects that come to mind are Bill Clinton and
Gerard Butler; Clinton is our 42nd President and Gerry Butler is a hugely talented actor, best known for his role as the Phantom of the Opera in the 2004 film.
But both are still very much alive and working, and while Butler may not be controversial in the sense that Clinton is, history has not yet given its judgment on
either of them. In the final analysis, its probably best to write about someone who is already gone and on whom we have some perspective. Taking all that into consideration,
and since the American Civil War is endlessly fascinating, well take a look at one of its most important - and overlooked - figures. Discussion If we were to sum
up Ulysses S. Grant in a few words, we might say that he is a successful failure. Virtually the only things he succeeded at were soldiering and marriage; he started
numerous businesses that collapsed, and he was reduced to working in his fathers store. His Presidency was riddled with scandal as well. Yet when the nation needed someone to save
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