Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volumes I & II; Selected Letters 1839-1865

Grant, Ulysses S. / Mary Drake McFeely & William S. McFeely wrote the Notes & selected the Letters for this volume

ISBN 10: 0940450585 / ISBN 13: 9780940450585

Edité par Library of America, New York, 1990

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• Titre: Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volumes I & II; Selected Letters 1839-1865
• Éditeur: Library of America, New York
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0940450585
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780940450585
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 16th Printing
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: Excellent New Slipcase
• Poids: 0,86 kilogramme

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Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family’s future. in doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, intelligence, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this vivid and deeply moving account, which has been acclaimed by readers as diverse asMark Twain, Matthew Arnold, Gertrude Stein, and Edmund Wilson. Annotated and complete with detailed maps, battle plans, and facsimiles reproduced from the original edition, this volume offers an unparalleled vantage on the most terrible, moving, and inexhaustibly fascinating event in American history. included are 174 letters, many of them to his wife, Julia, which offer an intimate view of their affectionate and enduring marriage.

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