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
Also Known As: U.S. Grant
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