On this episode of Our American Stories, Christopher Klein tells the story of the former president and Civil War hero, Ulysses S. Grant, and how he raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution with the aid of Mark Twain. Years after finding out she was adopted, Traci Huguley discovered she was not the only child adopted out. Bob Kendrick tells the story of former Negro Leagues Baseball player Buck O'Neil and how Buck handled being rejected from the National Baseball Hall of Fame "like a man". 

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Grant and Twain Christopher Klein

12:30 - The 46 Year-Long Journey to Finding My Sisters

37:00 - Buck O'Neil's Lesson on Dealing With Defeat Like a Man