You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant

A farcical biography of Ulysses S. Grant, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is a history lesson disguised as an uproarious novel. Spanning from Grant’s birth until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest—warts and all—portrait of a relatable American hero who wrestled with the same domestic divisions that we’re dealing with today. But what makes this book truly special is its playful, disruptive postmodernism and the characteristically Brad Neely, campy voice of its narrator. The book examines the validity of biography by hilariously breaking all the form's rules. Through his humor, Neely brings Ulysses S. Grant to life. And in bringing Grant to life, Brad Neely has created his greatest cult classic yet.Taking the accessible, pop history of Coe’s You Never Forget Your First and adding more of the nerdy, punk humor of Rainn Wilson or Judd Apatow, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant is for both history and humor readers alike. Though undeniably funny, the book forces us into an urgent discussion of how much progress we’ve really made since the Civil War and the costs we’re willing to pay to see justice. You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant removes the pomp to deliver a hopeful message of human potential, that the heroes we now venerate were also flawed, flesh and blood individuals and that we, too, are never too small to achieve great things.

"It took someone as wizard-brained as Neely to crack the code on making literature as spastically gleeful as watching your favorite cartoon. This book doesn’t just make every other Grant biography obsolete, it renders History Itself an outmoded relic of the past." —Vernon Chatman, writer and producer of South Park and The Shivering Truth "The funniest and weirdest take on the story of Ulysses S. Grant, who for the very first time has been rendered interesting. Move over, all those other biographies I've never actually read." —Jason Roeder, former senior editor of The Onion and author of Griefstrike! The Ultimate Guide To Mourning "The poetic parody of You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant hilariously cuts to the heart of America like Ken Burns and Robert Caro drunkenly trying to one-up each other. Brad Neely's ornate comedic voice is at its most confident, weaving a textured, ridiculous historical fiction that ends up looking a whole lot like the truth." —Jacob Oller, Paste Magazine "Humor and history are words rarely uttered in the same breath but this genre-busting biography accomplishes the impossible, turning the life of Ulysses S Grant into a fun and funny beach read." —Leonard Mlodinow, New York Times-bestselling author of Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior "Brad Neely is a sort of folk hero for aughts-internet weirdos who searched for absurd comedy on the web and found his tall-tale rap about George Washington's two sets of testicles. Now he viciously parlays his obsessions with warped American history into this genre-defying novel that's nearly impossible to describe or put down. A meat-grinder of untrue facts and truer than true facts with jokes so dense you read past them for three seconds before pausing to reflect on how much of a dummy you were to miss them the first time. What the fuck is this book? I don't know, but I love it." —April Wolfe, screenwriter "This is fucking brilliant. Buy it. Funniest book I've read since John Bolton's The Room Where It Happened." —Mike Sacks, author of Randy, Passable in Pink, Passing on the Right, and Stinker Lets Loose! "It’s like discovering Blood Meridian typed neatly in the margins of your Gary Larson day calendar." —Ted Travelstead, author of The Petraeus Files and co-author of Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk "This is what it would be like if Donald Barthelme were still alive and they taped an episode of Drunk History with him and just let the tape roll for 12 hours." —Kevin Hyde, McSweeney's contributor "I’m not even kidding when I say I think we should recall the Golden Record and select all/paste over everything we think we can bear to share about humanity with a copy of You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant. Every single page, paragraph, and sentence of this encyclopedic, meta-satirical masterpiece reads like a tectonic plate of mythic gems, each hysterically imbued [wit

Brad Neely is an American comic book artist and television writer/producer known for his work on television series such as South Park, China, IL, and Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio. He is responsible for the web series I Am Baby Cakes and The Professor Brothers, and he also created the short George Washington and the Harry Potter spoof Wizard People, Dear Reader. His original content can be found on his website, creasedcomics.com. Neely lives with his wife and their daughter in Los Angeles.