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Season 1 · Episode 19

U.S. Grant, the Improbable Hero

0.0November 24, 1961

Explores the life and military career of Ulysses S. Grant, highlighting his unexpected rise from obscurity to commanding general during the American Civil War and eventual presidency.

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Episode 1Three Two One Zero
Episode 2Nightmare in Red
Episode 3The Twisted Cross
Episode 4The Great War: World War I
Episode 5The Jazz Age
Episode 6Call to Freedom
Episode 7The Innocent Years
Episode 8Meet Mr. Lincoln
Episode 9Life in the Thirties
Episode 10Not So Long Ago
Episode 11Mark Twain's America
Episode 12He Has Seen War
Episode 13Those Ragtime Years
Episode 14The Coming of Christ
Episode 15Victory at Sea
Episode 16The Story of Will Rogers
Episode 17The Real West
Episode 18The World of Bob Hope
Episode 19U.S. Grant, the Improbable Hero
Episode 20The World of Billy Graham
Episode 21Lee, the Virginian
Episode 22The World of Jimmie Doolittle
Episode 23He is Risen
Episode 24The Tall American, Gary Cooper
Episode 25That War in Korea
Episode 26The Red, White, and Blue
Episode 27The Island Called Ellis
Episode 28End of the Trail
Episode 29The Law and the Prophets
Episode 30Down to the Sea in Ships
Episode 31Meet George Washington
Episode 32Mirror of America
Episode 33The West of Charles Russell
Episode 34The Shining Mountains