{"product_id":"personal-memoirs-paperback","title":"Personal Memoirs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames M. McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The foremost military memoir in the English language, written in a clear, supple style . . . a masterpiece.\" --Ron Chernow, in \u003ci\u003eGrant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with cancer and financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future--and won himself a unique place in American letters. Acclaimed by writers as diverse as Mark Twain and Gertrude Stein, Grant's memoirs demonstrate the intelligence, intense determination, and laconic modesty that made him the Union's foremost commander. \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs \u003c\/i\u003eis devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, tracing the trajectory of his extraordinary career from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. With their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition of Grant's \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an indispensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (1822-1885) was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and worked on the family farm until his appointment in 1839 to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. There, he was erroneously registered as \"U. S. Grant\"--a change that he would adopt for the rest of his life. He served in the Mexican War (1846­-1848) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed colonel of a militia regiment, and moved up through the ranks of the army, eventually becoming lieutenant general with command of all the armies of the United States and leading the Union army to victory in 1865. From 1869-1877 he served as the eighteenth president of the United States. Encouraged by his friend Mark Twain, Grant began preparing his memoirs in 1884. \u003ci\u003eThe Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant \u003c\/i\u003ewere completed just a few days before his death on July 23, 1885. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames M. McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e, the George Henry David Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the award-winning books \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Equality, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTried for War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. In 2007, he was the first recipient of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for lifetime achievement in military history, and in 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 7.82 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177810772217,"sku":"9780140437010","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OWloamRLY0pFZnVRUXd3OEh4MEFZZz09.webp?v=1767715365","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/personal-memoirs-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}