Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year
Oct 2011 · Hachette+ORM
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"A moving and illuminating portrait of Ulysses Grant's grace as the dying general faced possible ruin."—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of His Truth Is Marching On
Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitute and dying, Grant began to write his memoirs to save his family from permanent financial ruin.
As Grant continued his work, suffering increasing pain, the American public became aware of this race between Grant's writing and his fatal illness. Twenty years after his respectful and magnanimous demeanor toward Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, people in both the North and the South came to know Grant as the brave, honest man he was, now using his famous determination in this final effort. Grant finished Memoirs just four days before he died in July 1885.
Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant's Memoirs became an instant bestseller, restoring his family's financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since, Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this—the country's greatest wound.
"Once you read Flood's highly recommended book, you will want to put Grant's memoirs on your reading list."— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"A blow-by-blow narrative, full of colorful characters, accounts of earlier triumphs , and an upbeat ending . . . a moving if painful portrait of a dying national hero."— Publishers Weekly
"Flood's account of Grant's final year does justice to his subject's heroic story."— Sacramento Book Review
Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitute and dying, Grant began to write his memoirs to save his family from permanent financial ruin.
As Grant continued his work, suffering increasing pain, the American public became aware of this race between Grant's writing and his fatal illness. Twenty years after his respectful and magnanimous demeanor toward Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, people in both the North and the South came to know Grant as the brave, honest man he was, now using his famous determination in this final effort. Grant finished Memoirs just four days before he died in July 1885.
Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant's Memoirs became an instant bestseller, restoring his family's financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since, Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this—the country's greatest wound.
"Once you read Flood's highly recommended book, you will want to put Grant's memoirs on your reading list."— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"A blow-by-blow narrative, full of colorful characters, accounts of earlier triumphs , and an upbeat ending . . . a moving if painful portrait of a dying national hero."— Publishers Weekly
"Flood's account of Grant's final year does justice to his subject's heroic story."— Sacramento Book Review
"A moving and illuminating portrait of Ulysses Grant's grace as the dying general faced possible ruin."—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of His Truth Is Marching On
Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and m...
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James Munson
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November 15, 2015
Required reading for historians who think they knew this amazing, but simple man.
About the author
Charles Bracelen Flood is the author of twelve previous books, including the bestselling Lee: The Last Years and Grant and Sherman, which Salon.com named one of the "Top 12 Civil War Books Ever Written". He lives in Kentucky.
Charles Bracelen Flood is the author of twelve previous books, including the bestselling Lee: The Last Years and Grant and Sherman, which Salon.com named one of the "Top 12 Civil War Books Ever Written". He lives in Kentucky.
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