Grant Comes East, Newt Gingrich
Grant Comes East, Newt Gingrich
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Grant Comes East
A Novel of the Civil War

Author: Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

Narrator: Boyd Gaines

Abridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2004


Synopsis

Grant Comes East, the second book in the bestselling series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, continues the story of a Confederate victory at Gettysburg.

Across 140 years, nearly all historians have agreed that after the defeat of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, the taking of Washington, DC, would end the war. But was it possible?

Lee knows that a frontal assault against such fortifications could devastate his army, but it is a price he fears must be paid for final victory. Beyond a military victory in the field, Lee must also overcome the defiant stand of President Abraham Lincoln, who vows that regardless of the defeat at Gettysburg, his solemn pledge to preserve the Union will be honored. Lincoln will mobilize the garrison of Washington to hold on no matter what the costs.
At the same time, Lincoln has appointed General Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union forces. Grant, fresh from his triumph at Vicksburg, races east, bringing with him his hardened veterans from Mississippi to confront Lee.

What ensues across the next six weeks is a titanic struggle as the surviving Union forces inside the fortifications of Washington fight to hang on, while Grant prepares his counterblow. The defeated Army of the Potomac, staggered by the debacle dealt at Gettysburg, is not yet completely out of the fight, and is slowly reorganizing. Its rogue commander, General Dan Sickles, is thirsting for revenge against Lee, the restoration of the honor of his army, and the fulfillment of his own ambitions, which reach all the way to the White House. All these factors will come together in a climatic struggle spanning the ground from Washington, through Baltimore, to the banks of the Susquehanna River.

Once again, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen create a brilliant story of how the Civil War could have unfolded. In Grant Comes East, they use their years of research and expertise to take readers on an incredible journey.

About Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, is the author of several bestselling books, including Valley Forge, To Try Men's Souls, Pearl Harbor and Gettysburg (all with William R. Forstchen). He is a member of the Defense Policy Board and co-chair of the UN Task Force, is the longest-serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting course for Major Generals, and served in Congress for twenty years. He is also the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.

About William R. Forstchen

William R. Forstchen is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Second After and We Look Like Men of War, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. He has co-authored several books with Newt Gingrich, including Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, Days of Infamy, To Try Men’s Souls and Valley Forge. Forstchen holds a Ph.D. in History from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a Faculty Fellow and Professor of History at Montreat College, near Asheville North Carolina. He is a pilot and flies an original WWII recon "warbird." He resides near Asheville with his daughter Meghan.

About Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines has narrated more than fifty audiobooks, including titles for Ernest Hemingway, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, and Stephen King. He also read Jimmy Carter’s White House Diary for Macmillan Audio. Of his performance in Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen's Grant Comes East, which won an Earphones Award, AudioFile magazine said, "Gaines delivers all with the deft touch of a master tactician.  It's truly a remarkable performance." Gaines’s many film credits include The Robber Barons of Wall Street, Second Best, I'm Not Rappaport, Heartbreak Ridge, Fame, and Porky’s.  He's won four Tony Awards for performances in The Heidi Chronicles, She Loves Me, Contact, and Gypsy.  He was also nominated for a Tony Award for Journey's End.  On television, he's appeared in The Good Wife, Law & Order, 100 Centre Street, A Woman Called Jackie, A Son's Promise, and in the popular series One Day at a Time


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry on March 02, 2016

What a pity I have come into this trilogy with the second volume but never mind for it stands alone as it covers the six-week period when General Robert E. Lee's troops marched on Washington D.C., beginning just 13 days after he had suffered defeat at Gettysburg. President Abraham Lincoln, despite th......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 01, 2012

In all fairness I have to start this review with a spoiler alert. If you haven’t read the preceeding book by these authors (‘Gettysburg‘) then I strongly urge you to so, since ‘Grant Comes East‘ picks up more or less where ‘Gettysburg’ stops. Still here? OK – my first comment on this book is how wel......more

Goodreads review by Glen on December 18, 2022

Newt Gingrich continues his story of a Confederate victory, as Lee is piling up battle field victories, Lincoln is pledging never to leave Washington DC as the capitol of the Union. Not bad, but being from California, I'm not as obsessed with the Civil War as some.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 15, 2020

I picked this volume up as a life-long student of Civil War history. Having read approximately half, I am disillusioned (I knew that Grant came East after Shiloh, Tnn, to become supreme commander, and this had nothing to do with that. In this book I found so much fact to weed out that it became a ch......more

Goodreads review by Louis on September 04, 2017

As with "Gettysburg", Gingrich and Forstchen have produced a compelling work of historical fiction that brings these battles to life for the reader. It captures the personalities of the political and military leaders behind this bloodiest of American wars, and paints them with greater nuance and con......more