- Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Campaigns
Tracing his ancestry, Grant gives insight into the upbringing of a heralded military and political leader. On a broader scale, his first-person account of America’s armed forces outlines both civil and foreign insurrection.Grant wrote the two-volume Memoirs, published by Mark Twain, during his final battle – a battle against cancer that he would ultimately lose.
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- Author
- Ulysses S. Grant
- First published
- 1885
- Pages
- 618
- Publisher
- ReadaClassic.com, Cosimo Classics, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 46
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780914427674
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“MY FAMILY is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.”
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War.
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