Ron Chernow Quote
He immediately had Rawlins summon stretcher bearers, but was dismayed when they removed the Union officer and overlooked the Confederate private. Take this Confederate, too, he said. Take them both together; the war is over between them.25 Grant seemed sickened by the carnage. Let’s get away from this dreadful place, he told an officer. I suppose this work is part of the devil that is left in us all.
Ron Chernow
He immediately had Rawlins summon stretcher bearers, but was dismayed when they removed the Union officer and overlooked the Confederate private. Take this Confederate, too, he said. Take them both together; the war is over between them.25 Grant seemed sickened by the carnage. Let’s get away from this dreadful place, he told an officer. I suppose this work is part of the devil that is left in us all.
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Chernow won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his 2010 book Washington: A Life. He is also the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. His biographies of Alexander Hamilton (2004) and John D. Rockefeller (1998) were both nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards. His biography of Hamilton inspired the popular Hamilton musical, which Chernow worked on as a historical consultant. For another book, The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family, he was awarded the 1993 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing. As a freelance journalist, Chernow has written over sixty articles for various national publications.