Grant’s Triumph: A Captivating Journey into the Life of Ulysses S. Grant

A Journey through History, Heroes, and Reflections

Walter Bowne
Books Are Our Superpower
12 min readMay 21, 2021

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The author poses with a book of his hero for his school’s “Read” campaign.

I hope you don’t mind that I drink an outstanding Double Nickel stout outside while I write about one of my childhood heroes — Ulysses S. Grant.

I know I’m jumping on the bandwagon here. Does Ron Chernow really need a dude like me —…

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This “trophy husband” writes fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, travel essays, music essays, book reviews, and essays about his belly button.