Bill Clinton's Take on New Ulysses S. Grant Biography

This is a good time for Ron Chernow's fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear, as we live with the reality of Faulkner's declaration, “The past is never dead, it's not even past.” We are now several years into revisiting the issues that shaped Grant's service in the Civil War and the White House, from the rise of white supremacy groups to successful attacks on the right of eligible citizens to vote to the economic inequalities of the Gilded Age. In so many ways “Grant” comes to us now as much a mirror as a history lesson.