Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2. by Ulysses S. Grant

"Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2." by Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography written in 1884-1885. Racing against terminal throat cancer and personal bankruptcy, the 18th President chronicles his military career through the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Written explicitly for money to save his family from destitution, Grant's honest prose and candid battle accounts captured a nation. Mark Twain's brilliant marketing transformed these dying words into a bestselling phenomenon, with Union veterans selling 350,000 copies and securing Grant's widow nearly half a million dollars. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Title Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Memoirs_of_U._S._Grant
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)
Subject Generals -- United States -- Biography
Subject Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Subject Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Subject United States. Army -- Biography
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EBook-No. 5861
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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