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Posted On: 05/30/2020 12:43:22 PM
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I enjoyed the History channel's dramatization of events, but the way too many commercial interruptions left me wishing it was a more seamless PBS or Netflix serialization.
Interesting that Grant's many failures left him more resilient to setbacks than generals not having experienced Grant's adversity throughout his life.
Interesting that Grant's many failures left him more resilient to setbacks than generals not having experienced Grant's adversity throughout his life.
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In 1879, author Kanagaki Robun & illustrator Kobayashi Eitaku published a paean to...Ulysses S. Grant. They did so following Grant's stop in Japan as part of a post-presidency world tour. If you're curious how the Japanese depicted the US Civil War, do I have a thread for you 1/
https://twitter.com/dfedman/status/1266048518176641025
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