American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)

Synopsis

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president, he was the embodiment of the very idea of national union, and of America's entry onto the world stage. As a dying general, he was the symbol of the nation's greatest and most traumatic war. The story of Ulysses S. Grant's life, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to his last days out-writing death in the Adirondacks, is an endlessly fascinating one. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on the American popular imagination. Grant was a man whose rise from obscurity made him a hero to millions who could see themselves in him. An ordinary man who faced and met extraordinary challenges, his successes and failures seemed to encapsulate the national character. He was so popular with the American public that, despite his two scandal-ridden terms as president, he was nearly nominated to run for a third term.

Main Cast

Liev Schreiber

Narrator

Age : 56 | Popularity : 39%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Michael Whalen
Editing	Editor	Jon Neuburger
Production	Associate Producer	Kathy White David Condon
	Producer	Adriana Bosch
	Production Coordinator	Sandra Haller
Directing	Director	Adriana Bosch
Writing	Writer	Adriana Bosch
Department	Role	Name

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