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Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Selected Letters 1839-1865. New York, N.Y. :Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, 1990. warning Note: These citations are software generated and may contain errors.
1 de oct. de 1990 · Perhaps the most revelatory autobiography of high command to exist in any language. -- John Keegan Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs as he was dying of throat cancer in order to secure his family's financial future. In doing so, the Civil War's greatest general, and who went on to become President of the United States, won himself a unique place in American letters.
Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; 1822-1885) was general-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1869 during the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. The son of an Appalachian Ohio tanner, Grant entered the United States Military Academy at age 17. In 1846, three years after graduating, Grant served as a lieutenant in the Mexican ...
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About Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters (LOA #50). Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family’s future. in doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters.His character, intelligence, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident ...
