{"product_id":"general-u-s-grants-writings-complete-and-unabridged-including-his-personal-memoirs-state-of-the-union-address-and-letters-of-ulysses-s-grant-to-h-paperback","title":"General U.S. Grant's Writings (Complete and Unabridged Including His Personal Memoirs, State of the Union Address and Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to H - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant\u003c\/em\u003e \"are well observed, often humorous, invariably charming, penetrating and lucid. On every page, his narrative has the simple directness of the finest English prose.\" Robert McCrum, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Personal Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e \"\u003c\/strong\u003eperhaps the most widely acclaimed of all American memoirs\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) have equal value as history and as literature and are so beautifully written that at first many believed that it was the work of Grant's friend, Mark Twain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Personal Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e cover President Grant's life including his seven years of poverty as a hardscrabble farmer just before joining the Union Army. They record his recollections of the Civil War and Reconstruction, expressing his sadness at the defeat of the South: \"[I felt] sad and depressed ... at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, though the cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which people have fought.\" As a war hero, widely credited as the General who \"saved the Union.\" he was easily elected President in 1868 in the first Presidential election after the civil war and was re-elected in 1872. During his tenure, he oversaw the forceful prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan, the promotion of African American rights and Native American rights and safety, and the appointment of minorities to high governmental positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1884 Grant was diagnosed with throat cancer, and, having been swindled out of his savings, he embarked on \u003cem\u003eThe Personal Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e to provide for his wife's financial future\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eMark Twain, aware of Grant's financial straits, published the work under very generous terms. The book, completed in the month before Grant's death, was a huge financial success, with his widow receiving the largest royalty check to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritic Edmund Wilson, ranking Grant with Walt Whitman and Henry Thoreau, believes writing that this powerful autobiography is \"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 to know how the civil war is coming out.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert McCrum concludes in \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Throughout this very substantial autobiography, like the great man he was, Grant is supremely generous to his enemies, loyal to his friends and associates, and always devoted to another civil war hero, his president, Abraham Lincoln. The overall effect is both intimate and majestic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Collection of General Grant's writings include his complete and unabridged Personal Memoirs, State of the Union Address and Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it for a gripping eyewitness account of the Civil War and Reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 836\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.66 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47413155266738,"sku":"9781789431667","price":94.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/125790702b8549ca3e1fa6f0cbed5b2f.webp?v=1778341935","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/general-u-s-grants-writings-complete-and-unabridged-including-his-personal-memoirs-state-of-the-union-address-and-letters-of-ulysses-s-grant-to-h-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}