About this title
Storyline
Ulysses S. Grant, supreme leader of the Union army in the Civil War and two-term President of the United States, is flat broke thanks to a 19th-century Bernie Madoff. And Grant is dying of cancer. His friend Mark Twain takes time off from writing "Huckleberry Finn" to help Grant write his memoirs and provide for his family.
Country: United States
Type: scripted
Genres
Plot Keywords
biography
tv mini series
civil war
president
confederacy
slavery
reconstruction
shiloh
chattanooga
petersburg virginia
reference to appomattox court house
racism
union
abraham lincoln character
reference to huckleberry finn the novel
mark twain character
robert e lee character
ulysses s. grant character
character name as title
Company Credits
Production Co: Majestic Twelve