Why people recommend it
Grant by Ron Chernow is an extensive biographical work that chronicles the life, military campaigns, and presidential legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. Gilbert Cruz featured the title on The Book Review while discussing notable nonfiction literature. Saagar Enjeti offered a passionate recommendation on the Lex Fridman Podcast, noting that the volume spans roughly one thousand pages of deeply researched history. Enjeti emphasized that readers should pick up the biography because it functions far beyond a traditional recounting of Grant's personal trajectory, serving instead as a comprehensive history of pre-Civil War America and the immense political conflicts that defined the era. The host later welcomed author Ron Chernow onto The Book Review to discuss the creation of the biography, exploring the extensive research required to construct such a monumental historical portrait. Across these podcast appearances, the book is consistently praised for its thoroughness and its ability to illuminate a transformative and turbulent period of the American past through the lens of one of its most pivotal military and political leaders.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Recommended
- Saagar Enjeti Recommended
Gilbert Cruz — 2 mentions
“biographer Ron Chau will be here to talk about his new book Grant”
“Grant by Ron chernau”
Saagar Enjeti — 2 mentions
“ron chernow ron chernow's grant It's a thousand pages”
“ron chernow's grant it's a thousand pages and the reason i tell everybody to read it is it's not just the story of grant it is the story of pre-civil war america”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Sing, Unburied, Sing
- The Power
- Alexander Hamilton
- Autumn
- BRIEF HISTORY OF MISOGYNY: THE WORLD'S OLDEST PREJUDICE
- Born to Run
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several other major biographies including Washington a life, Grant about the president and civil war general Ulissiz Srant and Titan the life of John D. Rockefeller senior.”
“you spoke on a panel about biography I think this was after tit your John D Rockefeller biography came out”
“at number six Ron chernow's new biography of Grant”