
As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president, he was the embodiment of the very idea of national union, and of America's entry onto the world stage. As a dying general, he was the symbol of the nation's greatest and most traumatic war. The story of Ulysses S. Grant's life, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to his last days out-writing death in the Adirondacks, is an endlessly fascinating one. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on the American popular imagination. Grant was a man whose rise from obscurity made him a hero to millions who could see themselves in him. An ordinary man who faced and met extraordinary challenges, his successes and failures seemed to encapsulate the national character. He was so popular with the American public that, despite his two scandal-ridden terms as president, he was nearly nominated to run for a third term.

Liev Schreiber
Narrator

Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City

The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

Cold War Roadshow
Cold War Roadshow

Ruby Ridge
Ruby Ridge

The Polio Crusade
The Polio Crusade

The Great San Francisco Earthquake
The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Casa Susanna
Casa Susanna

The Crash of 1929
The Crash of 1929

Triangle Fire
Triangle Fire

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

Fatal Flood
Fatal Flood

Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll