A biography of the eighteenth president of the United States, with information on his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.
Presents information about the personal and political turmoil in the career of the Civil War leader who became the eighteenth President.
Completed just days before his death and hailed by Mark Twain as "the most remarkable work of its kind since the Commentaries of Julius Caesar," this is the now-legendary autobiography of ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (1822-1885), 18th president of ...
Thomas, Lorenzo, iso, 207,258, 259,290, 456 Thompson, Jeff “Swamp Fox,” 159,168 Thompson, Seymour D., 244 Thornton, ... George, 7 Tod, Sally, 7 Todd's Tavern, Virginia, 334 Tom (horse), 125 Torrejón, Anastasio, 70 Tourgée, Albion W., ...
Traces the life and presidency of Ulyssses S. Grant and discusses why he was undervalued as a president.
In 70 detailed chapters Grant tells the story of his life from his birth and boyhood to his graduation at West Point, the Mexican War, the outbreak of the rebellion and his merits in the the civil war to the day of the march to Washington D ...
Written as Grant was dying in 1885, the two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death.
The complete personal memoirs of the 18th President of the United States and chief Union General during the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant.
... 146; pursuit of Reconstruction policies, 149; reprimand of Sherman, 145; tension with Grant, 150–51, 153 Johnston, ... James P., 12, 32 Lyons, Nathaniel, 43 Manassas, Battle of, 51, 56, 123 McClellan, George B., 12, 44 McClernand, ...
Libraries of all types could benefit from including this resource in the reference collection. The text might get the most use in historical society libraries, as well as in the libraries of colleges and universities.
Beloved and bestselling since its publication in 1885, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is a seminal work of military history and one of the great achievements of American autobiography.