The personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Subtitle: The Complete Annotated Edition
By: edited by John F. Marszalek with David S. Nolen & Louie P. Gallo
Contributors: Marszalek, John F., 1939- editor; Nolen, David S., editor; Gallo, Louie P., editor
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9780674976290
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; Generals; Presidents; Personal narratives; United States. Army; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Biography; History
Description: Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Henry James, and Edmund Wilson hailed them as great literature, and countless presidents, including Clinton and George W. Bush, credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Yet a judiciously annotated edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now.

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant’s memoirs, clarifying the great military leader’s thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and offering his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant’s life and significance, and lucid editorial commentary allows his voice and narrative to shine through. With annotations compiled by the editors of the Ulysses S. Grant Association’s Presidential Library, this definitive edition enriches our understanding of the pre-war years, the war with Mexico, and the Civil War. Grant provides essential insight into how rigorously these events tested America’s democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order.

*The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant* is a work of profound political, historical, and literary significance. This celebrated annotated edition will introduce a new generation of readers of all backgrounds to an American classic.
Notes: Includes index.