Michael Korda





Michael Korda

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Average rating: 3.78 · 3,291 ratings · 534 reviews · 31 distinct works · Similar authors
Queenie
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions
Hero: The Life and Legend o...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions
Ike: An American Hero
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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With Wings Like Eagles: A H...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1901 — 14 editions
The Immortals
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
Another Life: A Memoir of O...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlik...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
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2.93 of 5 stars 2.93 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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“Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets.”
Michael Korda

“It must be nice, Queenie thought, to be one thing or another, to know where you belonged.”
Michael Korda, Queenie

“Escapism sold books, to be sure, but not nearly as many as were sold by exposing America’s flaws and making the average American reader (and book club member) look closely at his or her most cherished social assumptions. Americans might not be eager to accept integration, feminism, homosexuality, juvenile delinquency, and the drug culture– or to shoulder the blame for the existence of these problems– but they were certainly willing to read about them.”
Michael Korda, Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999

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Ulysses S. Grant Poll

This poll will examine the choices for the Ulysses S. Grant reading selection which will be the next President covered in the Presidential Series. The order for the Presidents selected was determined by the group membership.

This selection will begin on October 4, 2010 and will continue for three months (October, November and December). This discussion will be led by Bryan. Bryan has an extraordinary background and will be a great moderator to lead this discussion. He has assumed the responsibilities for the Presidential Series reads and will be leading these book discussions.

We have added all of the books nominated on the Ulysses S. Grant thread and a few others. However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.

You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. Some of the Grant books deal with only a certain period of his life, some may be multi-volume (if so- I have added both separately), some deal with other topics too; some are all encompassing, others deal with specific events in Grant's life or presidency and others are by the man, himself.

Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.

Bentley

 
  9 votes, 29.0%

 
  4 votes, 12.9%

 
  4 votes, 12.9%

 
  3 votes, 9.7%

 
  2 votes, 6.5%

 
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  2 votes, 6.5%

Grant Moves South 1861-1863 by Bruce CattonBruce Catton
BOOK II
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

Grant Comes East Newt Gingrich by Newt Gingrich

THIS IS AN ALTERNATE HISTORY SELECTION
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

 
  1 vote, 3.2%

 
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Captain Sam Grant/1822-1861 (Classic Biography of Ulysses S. Grant, Vol. 1) by Lloyd Lewis
BOOK I
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Never Call Retreat (Gingrich and Forstchen's Civil War Trilogy) by Newt GingrichNewt Gingrich

THIS IS AN ALTERNATE HISTORY SELECTION
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant  Volume 2 by Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
VOLUME II
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
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