The inscription reads, “These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier and sailor.,New York City, May 23rd 1885.” This first edition copy features engraved black and white illustrations throughout as well as fold-out facsimile letters written by Grant, and 43 maps. Volume I features a facsimile autograph and inscription from Grant on the page adjacent to the copyright page. Grant’s personal memoirs is a first edition published 1885-86.
This complete two-volume set of Ulysses S. Octavo, period leather bindings with matching slipcase. 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.About Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. "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. Grant's style is strikingly modern in its economy." "What gives this peculiarly reticent book its power? Above all, authenticity. Grant provides essential insight into how rigorously these events tested America's democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order. Grant Association's Presidential Library, this definitive edition enriches our understanding of the pre-war years, the war with Mexico, and the Civil War. With annotations compiled by the editors of the Ulysses S. This is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant's memoirs, clarifying the great military leader's thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and offering his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. Mark Twain and Henry James hailed them as great literature, and countless presidents credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Grant's memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a unique glimpse of someone who found that the habit of reflection could serve as a force multiplier for leadership." "Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else.
"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."
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