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 Leadership Lessons from Lincoln & Grant Ronald C. White discussed what the lives and presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant can teach us about leadership with the [...]

On May 21, 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was nominated to become the Republican candidate for President. After the long dark night of the accidental president, Andrew Johnson – the first [...]

Ulysses S. Grant nominated for President 150 years ago this May April 27 will be Ulysses S. Grant’s 196th birthday. May 2018 will mark the 150th anniversary of his nomination to be the Republican [...]

Update 12/14/2017 David Brooks and I held a conversation on “Character and the Presidency” in Grand Rapids on October 4 that was recorded by C-SPAN. The event was moderated by Gleaves Whitney, [...]

As we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July, the election of Donald Trump as President focuses a persistent question with new and urgent meaning. Will America lift hubris or humility as the [...]

April 27 will be Ulysses S. Grant’s 195th birthday. What might he wish to say to us in 2017? I think he would voice his affirmation for the right to vote for all eligible Americans. Voting is the [...]

AMERICAN ULYSSES was featured is the book of the week for THE WEEK magazine. “White…delineates Grant’s virtues better than any author before…Like Grant himself, this book [...]

American Ulysses was launched on Tuesday evening at an event hosted by The Trinity Forum at the National Press Club in Washington. In this photo, Ron White is joined by Pete Wehner, columnist for [...]

I am excited to share with you the launch of a new, more up-to-date website. With thanks to the expert work of Curtis Hays Consulting, we will better communicate news and events in preparation [...]

After nearly seven years of research and writing I am pleased to announce that Random House will publish American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant on September 20, 2016. You can now find it [...]