{"product_id":"to-rescue-the-republic-ulysses-s-grant-the-fragile-union-and-the-crisis-of-1876-9780063117877","title":"To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"To Rescue the Republic\u003c\/em\u003e is narrative history at its absolute finest. A fast-paced, thrilling and enormously important book.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Brinkley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten electoral crisis that nearly fractured a reunited nation, Bret Baier's \u003cem\u003eTo Rescue the Republic \u003c\/em\u003edramatically reveals Ulysses S. Grant's essential yet underappreciated role in preserving the United States during an unprecedented period of division.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn a tanner's son in rugged Ohio in 1822 and battle-tested by the Mexican American War, Grant met his destiny on the bloody fields of the Civil War. His daring and resolve as a general gained the attention of President Lincoln, then desperate for bold leadership. Lincoln appointed Grant as Lieutenant General of the Union Army in March 1864. Within a year, Grant's forces had seized Richmond and forced Robert E. Lee to surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour years later, the reunified nation faced another leadership void after Lincoln's assassination and an unworthy successor completed his term. Again, Grant answered the call. At stake once more was the future of the Union, for though the Southern states had been defeated, it remained to be seen if the former Confederacy could be reintegrated into the country--and if the Union could ensure the rights and welfare of African Americans in the South. Grant met the challenge by boldly advancing an agenda of Reconstruction and aggressively countering the Ku Klux Klan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his final weeks in the White House, however, Grant faced a crisis that threatened to undo his life's work. The contested presidential election of 1876 produced no clear victory for either Republican Rutherford B. Hayes or Democrat Samuel Tilden, who carried most of the former Confederacy. Soon Southern states vowed to revolt if Tilden was not declared the victor. Grant was determined to use his influence to preserve the Union, establishing an electoral commission to peaceably settle the issue. Grant brokered a grand bargain: the installation of Republican Hayes to the presidency, with concessions to the Democrats that effectively ended Reconstruction. This painful compromise saved the nation, but tragically condemned the South to another century of civil-rights oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep with contemporary resonance and brimming with fresh detail that takes readers from the battlefields of the Civil War to the corridors of power where men decided the fate of the nation in back rooms, \u003cem\u003eTo Rescue the Republic\u003c\/em\u003e reveals Grant, for all his complexity, to be among the first rank of American heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitney, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Catherine Whitney has written or collaborated on more than twenty-five books, including \u003cem\u003eFraming a Life: A Family Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e with Geraldine Ferraro and \u003cem\u003eGuilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice\u003c\/em\u003e with the late Judge Harold J. Rothwax.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaier, Bret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBret Baier\u003c\/strong\u003e is the chief political anchor for Fox News Channel and the anchor and executive editor of \u003cem\u003eSpecial Report with Bret Baier\u003c\/em\u003e. He previously served as Chief White House Correspondent for Fox News Channel and as the network's National Security Correspondent based at the Pentagon, reporting on military and national security affairs. A recipient of the National Press Foundation's Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Baier is the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThree Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win WWII\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThree Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThree Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSpecial Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love\u003c\/em\u003e. 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