The General and Julia is a wonderful novel, delving deeply into the final days of Ulysses S. Grant. Not many know this, but at the end of his life, Grant was financially destitute and in a race to write his memoirs before his death. He knew that if he wrote his memoirs and did it well, it would leave his family financially stable. His love for his wife and children knew no bounds, and his race was born of love. Like Grant Jon Clinch is a wonderful writer, and if you like this, and you will, check out Finn and Marley too (both amazing - both Clinch historical novels). For our bookstore this week, we talk to an old friend who has taken two independent bookstore road trips. What’s an independent bookstore road trip? Tune in and find out.

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:

The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
Marley by Jon Clinch
Finn by Jon Clinch
The Thief of Auschwitz by Jon Clinch
Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch
Grant by Ron Chernow
Personal Memoirs of US Grant by Ulysses S. Grant edited by John F. Marszalek
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Trackers by Charles Frazier
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Absalom, Absalom! By William Faulkner
Grendel by John Gardner
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling by Danny Cain
The World Below the Brine by Walt Whitman

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Jon Clinch Explores the Final Days of Ulysses S. Grant