Description
| Product ID: | 9780140437010 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S.Grant |
| Authors: | Author: Ulysses Grant |
| Page Count: | 704 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Politics and government, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Politics & government, USA, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War''s greatest general and former president, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family''s future. In doing so he 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. PERSONAL MEMOIRS is devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American Literature. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-06-24 |
