Renowned Civil War historian John Marszalek and his team of editors are owed our gratitude. If Mark Twain called Grant's Memoirs 'a great, unique and unapproachable literary masterpiece, ' The Complete Annotated Edition is its 'unique' companion.

Grant Presidential Library are building a formidable array of books illuminating many aspects of the general's life. Marszalek and the folks at the Ulysses S. The book is deeply researched, but it introduces its scholarship with a light touch that never interferes with the reader's enjoyment of Grant's fluent narrative. Grant's Personal Memoirs, this fine volume leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War. 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.'Īs the first fully annotated edition of Ulysses 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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