"Grant's memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history" (Eicher 492). A truly remarkable work" ( New York Times). "No Union list of personal narratives could possibly begin without the story of the victorious general.
"It seemed to Twain, sitting quietly near him in his bedroom at Sixtieth Street, that Grant had fully regained the stature of a hero" (Kaplan, 273).
Struggling to dictate his notes to a stenographer, Grant finished his memoirs shortly before his death in the summer of 1885. Mark Twain agreed to serve as the publisher. Octavo, original deluxe full brown morocco, raised bands, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt.įirst edition of “one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history,” illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles and 43 maps, in handsome publisher’s deluxe full morocco binding, with Grant's signature tipped to the dedication page in Volume I.Īfter an ineffectual term as president, ruined by bankruptcy and dying of throat cancer, Grant agreed to publish his memoirs to provide a measure of economic security for his family.
“A CLASSIC CIVIL WAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY”: GRANT’S MEMOIRS, HANDSOME IN DELUXE PUBLISHER’S BINDING, WITH GRANT'S SIGNATURE IN VOLUME I
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