Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant /
Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
1999.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre. This Penguin Classics edition of Grant's Personal Memoirs includes an indispensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : C.L. Webster, 1885. |
| Physical Description: | xxx, 674 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxvii) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0140437010 9780140437010 |