Grant's Betrayal

“In Grant’s Betrayal, author John Reeves ably recounts one of the greatest acts of government treachery ever perpetrated on the American Indian. It is essential reading for an understanding of the Indian Wars of the American West.” – Peter Cozzens, author of Deadwood: Guns, Gold, and Greed in the American West
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“In a tightly focused narrative animated by vivid battle depictions, Mr. Reeves connects Grant’s personal and professional redemption to the country’s. Absorbing.” * The Wall Street Journal *
“Reeves’s book provides a well-written and accessible approach to this crucial decade in Grant’s life. Few Grant biographers contend with Grant’s problematic relationship with slavery to the extent that Reeves does. Readers interested in Grant’s family relationships, views on slavery, and Civil War career would do well to read Reeves’s intelligent book.” * Civil War Book Review *
“Mr. Reeves wants us to share that intimacy to drive home how this person—not just the historical figure—began to behave in new ways.” * The New York Sun *
“An enlightening look at how Ulysses S. Grant benefited from slavery years before he helped end the institution. Reeves manages to stitch Grant’s flaws and virtues into a thought-provoking portrait of a key historical figure who never lost faith in himself or his country.” * Associated Press *
“Reeves has a clear, gentle writing style, which makes for an easy read … If you have not read much about Grant the man before, this book is a good place to start.” * Emerging Civil War *
“This concise, simple narrative has deeper currents. Reeves’ book is more than an intimate study of Grant and his family in a critical period of the future president’s life; it is a study of a white middle-class America in which economics, politics, and technology rapidly changed their society at the terrible cost of the American Civil War.” * New York Journal of Books *
“Grant’s contradictions and complexities are on full display in this candid biography.” * Publisher’s Weekly *
“A fine account of the formative years of Ulysses S. Grant. A capable portrait of Grant’s critical period, with more than the usual attention to his racial views.” * Kirkus Reviews *
“Reeves has done a superb job of tracing the evolution of Grant’s attitude toward slavery. But it was the impact of his experience as a Civil War commander that shaped his ultimate conviction that slavery must go if the Union was to be preserved and given a new birth of freedom. An added bonus of Reeves’ lucid portrayal of this process is the most sensible and even-handed treatment of the issue of Grant’s drinking that I have encountered.” – James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil war ErW

John Reeves is the author of A Fire in the Wilderness and The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee. He has taught European and American history at Lehman College, Bronx Community College, and Southbank University in London. John received an MA in European History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives near Washington, DC.

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