Anyone read Ron Chernow's recent bio of U.S. Grant yet?
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CirrhosisDawg said:
Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
Two of the biggest morons that fag out this boredcreepycoug said:
Good luck rowboat. You're a man of honor; but alas you are also a dreamer.YellowSnow said:
I want us to raise ourselves from being just a bored of vile filth that Derek created.CirrhosisDawg said:Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
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And he was on the right side of history. That always helps.YellowSnow said:
He had way more depth than Lee and was far better at big picture strategy than him.HillsboroDuck said:Dude won the war and the presidency.
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Fuck off idiot. Clearly under your skin; so much struggle with people who don't agree with you. Such fag.RaceBannon said:CirrhosisDawg said:Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
Two of the biggest morons that fag out this boredcreepycoug said:
Good luck rowboat. You're a man of honor; but alas you are also a dreamer.YellowSnow said:
I want us to raise ourselves from being just a bored of vile filth that Derek created.CirrhosisDawg said:Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
Strap into your wheelchair before you hurt yourself.
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Make me Deener
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Fuck off Bear.RaceBannon said:Make me Deener
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I appreciate any and all attempts to mix things up in the Tug. Politics gets tiresome.
I haven’t read Chernow’s Grant biography yet but I enjoyed both his Washington and Hamilton books.
Grant has always been one of my favorite figures in history. People love to say that he wasn’t as good of a general as Lee - that he merely won because of superior numbers he tirelessly threw at the Confederates (Mary Todd Lincoln called him a butcher for all the Union casualties he racked up), but I think he did some impressive work in his field victories in the West that this criticism is unfair. As to his Presidency, I think he inherited a bit of shit show and was (much like our dear Chris Petersen) too loyal to the wrong people.
Anyone who wants a good TLDR review of Chernow’s book and Grant’s life venture here:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/pour-one-out-for-ulysses-s-grant
Oh, and read Grant’s memoirs if you get a chance, even if it’s an annotated copy. He’s actually an excellent writer, concise yet engaging. -
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It brings me much joy that our only real female poaster now the UO Duck Girl is gone is a true ladie and scholar.Doog_de_Jour said:I appreciate any and all attempts to mix things up in the Tug. Politics gets tiresome.
I haven’t read Chernow’s Grant biography yet but I enjoyed both his Washington and Hamilton books.
Grant has always been one of my favorite figures in history. People love to say that he wasn’t as good of a general as Lee - that he merely won because of superior numbers he tirelessly threw at the Confederates (Mary Todd Lincoln called him a butcher for all the Union casualties he racked up), but I think he did some impressive work in his field victories in the West that this criticism is unfair. As to his Presidency, I think he inherited a bit of shit show and was (much like our dear Chris Petersen) too loyal to the wrong people.
Anyone who wants a good TLDR review of Chernow’s book and Grant’s life venture here:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/pour-one-out-for-ulysses-s-grant
Oh, and read Grant’s memoirs if you get a chance, even if it’s an annotated copy. He’s actually an excellent writer, concise yet engaging.
Grant was brilliant in the West- e.g., Vicksburg. In VA he grasped that it would save more lives in the long run to win once and for all. He was good at Maff n stuff and knew that Lee couldn't replace his losses. Sometimes war is a battle of attrition and the sooner you can end it the better. -
You seem extra angry and triggered lately. Everything Ok?creepycoug said:
Fuck off idiot. Clearly under your skin; so much struggle with people who don't agree with you. Such fag.RaceBannon said:CirrhosisDawg said:Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
Two of the biggest morons that fag out this boredcreepycoug said:
Good luck rowboat. You're a man of honor; but alas you are also a dreamer.YellowSnow said:
I want us to raise ourselves from being just a bored of vile filth that Derek created.CirrhosisDawg said:Are you sure the tug is the right place to post about a history book? Any book? At all?
Strap into your wheelchair before you hurt yourself. -
Read?
