ULYSSESS S. GRANT, PERSONAL MEMOIRS (Modern Library War Series)

GRANT, Ulysses S. ; PERRET, Geoffrey (Introduction) ; CARR, caleb Series Editor

ISBN 10: 0375752285 / ISBN 13: 9780375752285

Editore: Modern Library / Random House Inc, New York , New York, 1999

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Black paper-wrapped binding with gold colored print on spine. Slight crush at top spine end. Tight, sound and unmarked . 702 pages of text, including index, plus four added pages including an errata sheet. Dust jacket in mylar and no pricing present. Probable Publisher error! (c) page and DJ reflect this ISBN # which is for the soft cover book. Book is hardcover and DJ front fold refer to it in this series as hardcover.

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• Titolo: ULYSSESS S. GRANT, PERSONAL MEMOIRS (Modern Library War Series)
• Editore: Modern Library / Random House Inc, New York , New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0375752285
• ISBN 13: 9780375752285
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: Limited Edition
• Stampa: Eighth Printing
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine

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Riassunto

"One of the most unflinching studies of war in our literature."  --William McFeeley


Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood to his heroics in battle to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically "rescued" him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man, told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances (as Grant was dying of throat cancer), encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography.
      
The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit.

Informazioni sull?autore

Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief of the Union forces during the final years of the Civil War and eighteenth president of the United States, was born on April 27, 1822, and died on July 23, 1885, less than one week after completing work on this book.

Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of the novels The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, as well as a critically acclaimed biography of an American mercenary, The Devil Soldier. He writes frequently on military history for The New York Times and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, where he is a contributing editor.