Title: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
First published: 1885
Description: 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 Grants Personal Memoirs includes an indespensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson.
Subjects: American Personal narratives, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Campaigns, Dummies (Bookselling), Generals, History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Nonfiction, Personal narratives, Presidents, Specimens, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army, Campagnes et batailles, War with Mexico, 1845-1848, Histoire, Récits personnels, Military campaigns, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, Grant, ulysses s. (ulysses simpson), 1822-1885, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: United States
People: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865