Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 5.
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About the book
"Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 5." by Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography written in 1884-1885. Racing against terminal throat cancer and personal bankruptcy, Grant chronicles his military career through the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Written explicitly for money to save his family from destitution, these memoirs became a publishing phenomenon. Mark Twain, Grant's close friend, orchestrated an unprecedented marketing campaign using Union veterans as door-to-door salesmen, transforming a dying man's final work into one of the nineteenth century's bestsellers.
- Generals
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- United States
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- United States. Army
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #5864. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 5. on Wikipedia.
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