Grant 1822 1885 in preparing these volumes for the public, i have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the national or confederate. His ability to write clearly and concisely was truly special and surprising to many especially. Pulitzer prize winner ron chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, ulysses s. Under grant s command, the union army defeated the confederate military and ended the confederate states of america. A major new biography of the civil war general and american president, by the author of the new york times bestseller a. Grant, the 18th president of the united states, focused mainly on his military career during the mexicanamerican war and the american civil war, and completed as he was dying of throat cancer in 1885. Grant 18221885 was a general in the civil war and the eighteenth president of the united states. Grant are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triumph and failure, from his boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Williams, narrated by kevin moriarty, is produced by university press audiobooks.
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Grants is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any american president. Grant is an autobiography from the 18th president of the united states and was published by mark twain shortly after grant s death in 1885. Jun 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. His style, like the man himself, was inimitable and couldnt be copied. Written from his death bed, the personal memoirs of ulysses s. Grant is forever be known as the great union general who won the battle of. Ron chernows grant has been a national bestseller, deservedly so, but we think that the new edition of the personal memoirs of ulysses s. A first hand account of history, yes, but also just a really good book.
In preparing these volumes for the public, i have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid. The streamed conscience format of ulysses makes it very difficult to follow. He writes in his preface that he took up the task with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the national or the confederate side. Grant, the 18th president of the united states, focused mainly on his military career during the mexicanamerican war and the american civil war, and completed as he was dying of throat cancer. Surrender at appomattox grant s assessments of lincoln, sherman, sheridan and other military leaders are brilliant and engrossing. The dramatic story of one of america s greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of ulysses s. Ulysses simpson grant born hiram ulysses grant was an american soldier and statesman who served as commanding general of. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks as you want during the free. He wrote his memoirs after being diagnosed with throat cancer and. His twovolume memoirs, sold doortodoor by former union soldiers, have never gone out of print and were once as ubiquitous in american households as the bible.
Grant 1822 1885 in preparing these volumes for the public, i have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the national or confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. Among the autobiographies of great military figures, ulysses s. Completed a short time before his death in 1885, the personal memoirs of ulysses s. Nov 10, 2010 listen to personal memoirs of ulysses s. Grant recounts what many believe is one of the greatest direct accounts of the american civil war. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. His memoirs were written in an attempt to take care of his family after his passing, which he did very well. Grant 18221885 in preparing these volumes for the public, i have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing. This mp3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the mp3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. I found the audio cd to be much easier to understand, because the narrator changes volume to indicate thoughts vs.
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Grant s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary. Grant s is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any american president. Grant 18221885 in preparing these volumes for the public, i have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether. Grant was pretty much picked from the scrap heap and became the greatest union general of the civil war, and of course, later the 18th president of the united states. Oct 10, 2017 grant audiobook written by ron chernow. Grant was the 18th president of the united states as well as military commander during the civil war and postwar reconstruction periods.