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24 alternatives to American Ulysses

A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. American Ulysses launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life▲76
Biography of the great Benjamin Franklin
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Andy Grove▲76
The life and times of an American
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant▲2
The memoirs of the man who saved the Union.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
See America▲67
A celebration of our national parks & treasured sites
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
A People's History of the United States▲66
The American history textbook that will blow your mind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin▲77
Life lessons from the greatest entrepreneur founding father
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
First Women▲68
The grace and power of America's first ladies
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
We the People▲63
The second generation of Founding Fathers
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
The Great Depression: A Diary▲66
Day by day overview of the Great Depression
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
The Road to Little Dribbling▲70
Adventures of an American in Britain
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
The Gene▲64
An Intimate History
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton▲64
A Complete Biography of Alexander Hamilton
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The President and the Big Boy Truck Book▲122
A fun day in the life of our President (Children's book)
2017 · buzzfeed.com · its alternatives →
15
Andrew Carnegie▲119
One of America's most successful businessmen
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789▲65
Concise history of how the US Constitution came into being.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Brothers▲71
The hidden history of the Kennedy years
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
BUSH▲63
America’s greatest living biographer takes on W
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The WikiLeaks Files▲67
The world according to US Empire
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation▲64
The history of unmarried and late-married women in America
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories▲73
The Centennial Celebration of the Best American Series
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
The Muqaddimah▲56
An introduction to history
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again▲66
Donald Trump provides a blueprint for how to fix America
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Gene: An Intimate History▲74
A magnificent history of the gene
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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