The Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant
- ISBN-10
- 3849681297
- ISBN-13
- 9783849681296
- Series
- The Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 486
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Jazzybee Verlag
- Author
- Ulysses S. Grant
Description
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States and the Union general who was imperative for the North's victory in the Civil War. His autobiography has long become legendary and can be found here in a complete edition. 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.C.
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- 2019-05-06
- 816 pages
- Paperback
- Belknap Press
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- 2017-10-16
- 784 pages
- Paperback
- Harvard University Press
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- 2017-10-16
- 940 pages
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