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