邁剋爾•柯達（Michael Korda），美國作傢，齣版人，曾任西濛和舒斯特齣版社總編。著有多部傳記作品，其中《艾剋傳》《不列顛空戰史》等均暢銷不衰，並受到拉裏•麥剋麥特裏、理查德•羅德等多位普利策文學奬獲得者的一緻肯定。其小說作品《昆妮》曾被改編成電視劇，熱播一時。

The first officer since George Washington to become a four-star general in the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant was a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, and was the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. The son of an Ohio tanner, he has long been remembered as a brilliant general but a failed president whose second term ended in financial and political scandal. But now acclaimed, bestselling author Michael Korda offers a dramatic reconsideration of the man, his life, and his presidency. Ulysses S. Grant is an evenhanded and stirring portrait of a flawed leader who nevertheless ably guided America through a pivotal juncture in its history.