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16 de ene. de 2013 · Patrick J. Garrity reassesses Ulysses S. Grant's "The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant." “The most remarkable work of its kind since the Commentaries of Julius Caesar.”. So Mark Twain judged The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Twain, to be sure, had a vested interest in offering such an endorsement. He was, after all, Grant’s friend and ...
5 de ago. de 2020 · The Complete Personal Memoirs of General Ulysses S. Grant Collection of two volumes The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and completed as he was dying of throat cancer in 1885.
Ulysses S. Grant had his memoirs published on 1885 entitled Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (vols. I & II). Except for the first few chapters of volume I, before he graduated from West Point and a couple more when he resigned his commission and took up employment in private life, the book serves more as a tactical description of his part in either the War with Mexico or the Civil War.
11 de may. de 2012 · Grant wrote them in a hurry, as he was dying of throat cancer and he was in a race to complete them before he succumbed. Mark Twain supported this effort. Julia Grant, US Grant's widow, received nearly $500,000 in royalties once the memoirs were published. History recognizes Grant's work as one of the best memoirs written by any U.S. president.
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Part Three. ... Rate this book. In his own captivating words, General Ulysses S. Grant describes the Wilderness Campaign, the almost anti-climactic surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, ... Grant wrote his memoirs as he lay dying of cancer and completed the manuscript only a week before his death. ...
Written as Grant was dying in 1885, the two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant has been highly regarded by the general public, military historians and literary critics. Grant was a shrewd, intelligent, and effective writer.
Professor Elizabeth Samet's Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is literary and historical scholarship at its very finest - providing a lyrical, exceptionally readable addition to Grant's extraordinarily clear, forthright, and unsentimental Personal Memoirs.--General David Petraeus, US Army, Ret. Elizabeth Samet's annotations to Grant's Memoirs are a marvel, brilliantly situating the text ...
