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With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is ...
With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published., The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Elizabeth D Samet, Ulysses S Grant, 9781631492440
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant were published in 31 volumes by Southern Illinois University Press between 1967 and 2009. These materials contain thousands of letters written by Ulysses S. Grant (1837-1885), and to him; his military and presidential documents; and a small number of photographs. These manuscripts are extensively annotated to ...
16 de oct. de 2017 · Grant’s style is strikingly modern in its economy.”—T. J. Stiles, New York Times“It’s been said that if you’re going to pick up one memoir of the Civil War, Grant’s is the one to read. Similarly, if you’re going to purchase one of the several annotated editions of his memoirs, this is the collection to own, read, and reread.”—Library Journal
4 de dic. de 2018 · Publisher Description. With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and ...
First published in 1885 by Mark Twain, the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant offer keen insight into how a tanner’s son evolved into one of the most revered military leaders in American history. In a newly published edition, scholar Elizabeth D. Samet revisits Grant’s memoirs and illuminates the historical and cultural contexts of the moments ...
What made the. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. particularly appealing to readers was Grant’s humility about himself and his infrequent criticism of others. He wrote nothing about the rumors concerning his alleged drunkenness, the difculties of his life as a citizen just before the start of the Civil War, his rela.
