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Louis L. Picone is the award-winning author of "Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire", Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon", and "The President Is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond"

Louis is a Chairman of the Grover Cleveland Presidential Library & Museum at his birthplace in in Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Masters in History and also teaches at William Paterson University

Louis has spoken widely on the topic of the presidents and the places we commemorate them, including Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Ulysses' Grant's Tomb, Grover Cleveland birth ...more

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	The President Is Dead!: The Extraordinary Stories of Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond 4.17 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon 4.14 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grave Trippers II: Remembering and Respecting America’s Heroes and Heroines by Robert Gardino, Vincent Gardino, Louis L. Picone (Goodreads Author) (foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey From Clovis by William Tadao Ebihara, Louis L. Picone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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