Personal Memoirs

Ulysses S. Grant, Geoffrey Perret

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Modern Library Inc
15 June 1999

Biography; Autobiography: historical, political & military; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Central government

Series: Modern Library War

""One of the most unflinching studies of war in our literature.""--William McFeeley

Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president- a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood to his heroics in battle to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically ""rescued"" him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man, told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances (as Grant was dying of throat cancer), encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography.

The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit.

By: Ulysses S. Grant
Introduction by: Geoffrey Perret
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 894g
ISBN: 9780375752285
ISBN 10: 0375752285
Series: Modern Library War
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 15 June 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief of the Union forces during the final years of the Civil War and eighteenth president of the United States, was born on April 27, 1822, and died on July 23, 1885, less than one week after completing work on this book. Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of the novels The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, as well as a critically acclaimed biography of an American mercenary, The Devil Soldier. He writes frequently on military history for The New York Times and MHQ- The Quarterly Journal of Military History, where he is a contributing editor.

Reviews for Personal Memoirs

"""The best [memoirs] of any general's since Caesar."" --Mark Twain ""A unique expression of the national character....[Grant] has conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself...on edge toknow how the Civil War is coming out."" --Edmund Wilson"