| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 107.3

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Canada and the United States

Jean Edward Smith. Grant. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2001. Pp. 781. $35.00.

This is a highly readable and informative biography of the nation's second lieutenant general and eighteenth president. Jean Edward Smith moves quickly and deftly through his account of Ulysses S. Grant's childhood and youth. Nothing is lacking here, but neither does Smith indulge in speculation or lengthy ruminations about the possible future effects, if any, of Grant's childhood experiences. He deals at greater length with Grant's first army career, including his service in the Mexican War and his dismal business and personal problems, culminating in resignation, while stationed on the Pacific coast. Smith makes the interesting point that Grant admired and later patterned himself after his first Mexican War commanding general, Zachary Taylor, while Grant's future opponent, Robert E. Lee, took as his model the other successful U.S. general, Winfield Scott. . . .

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