General grant Quote by Ron Chernow

“Few authors have captivated the American penchant for curiosity like Samuel Longhorne Clemens. Many have called his cantankerous alter ego, Mark Twain, the greatest…

— Lowell Smith

“At 8:08 a.m. on July 23, 1885, Grant died so gently that nobody was quite certain at first that his spirit had stolen away.…

— Ron Chernow

“Mark Twain describes how his friend Ralph Keeler introduced him at the start of a lecture: " 'I don't know anything about this man.…

— Mark Twain

“Historians have been quick to pounce on the blind spots in Grant’s report. Less noticed is that he almost immediately recanted what he wrote.…

— Ron Chernow

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

— Fred Kaplan

“although he was not formally relieved until early November. Lincoln’s decision to cashier Frémont served as a cautionary tale for Grant, who noted, “The…

— Ron Chernow

“He was a large, austere man, and I judge difficult of approach to his subordinates. To be extolled by the entire press of the…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“In a few minutes, Lee and Grant reached across to each other from their horses and shook hands. When they met again, Grant would…

— Charles Bracelen Flood

The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and…

— Hal Holbrook

“Ben smiled back, 'Mark Twain said a novel was a confession to everything by a man who had never done anything.”

— Stephen King

“In early June, Grant traveled to St. Louis, where he had gained possession of White Haven and an additional 280 acres from the Dent…

— Ron Chernow

“Grant’s postwar fame didn’t spare him the bane of his father-in-law’s glaring presence. After he and Julia settled into their Georgetown home, Colonel Dent…

— Ron Chernow