Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

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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

People: Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865