Grant in Fiction
An unflattering fictional portrait of Grant appears in Patrick O'Brian's novel Desolation Island, part of the Aubrey–Maturin series.
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Famous quotes containing the words grant and/or fiction:
“I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.”
—Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
“It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)