![]() With this compendium, Marszalek not only celebrates the literary talent of one of America’s greatest military figures but also vindicates an individual who, for so long, has been unfairly denigrated. ![]() Although some historians have maligned his presidency as one of the most corrupt periods in American history, these writings reinforce Grant’s greatness as a general, demonstrate the importance of his presidency, and show him to be one of the driving forces of the nineteenth century. Throughout, Grant’s prose reveals clearly the power of his words and his ability to present them well. In sixteen chronological chapters, selections from Grant’s letters and other writings reveal his personal thoughts on the major events of his momentous life, including the start of the Civil War, the capture of Vicksburg, Lincoln’s reelection, Lee’s surrender, his terms as president, the Panic of 1873, and his bouts of mouth and throat cancer. The result is a fascinating overview of Grant’s life and career. ![]() Marszalek presents excerpts from Grant’s most insightful and skillfully composed writings and provides perspective through introductory comments tying each piece to the next. Grant, the letters and speeches are the major source of information about Grant’s life and era and have played a key role in elevating his reputation to that of the leading general of the Civil War and the first of the modern presidents. ![]() Originally published in the thirty-two volumes of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant’s other writings, however, have not received the same acclaim, even though they show the same literary skill. Grant also remains known for his two-volume memoirs, considered among the greatest military Memoirs ever written. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.įamous for his military acumen and for his part in saving the Union during the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant preserves and extends a work of profound political, historical, and literary significance and serves as the gateway for modern readers of all backgrounds to an American classic. Grant provides insight into how rigorously these events tested America’s democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order. Grant Association’s Presidential Library, these selections enrich our understanding of the antebellum era, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Compiled by the editors in the Ulysses S. An introduction contextualizes Grant’s life and significance, and lucid editorial commentary allows the president’s voice and narrative to shine through. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant’s memoirs, fully representing the great military leader’s thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. Yet a judiciously annotated clarifying edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now. Bush both credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Matthew Arnold, Henry James, and Edmund Wilson hailed these works as great literature, and presidents Bill Clinton and George W. His two-volume memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, have never gone out of print and were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Grant (1822-1885) was one of the most esteemed individuals of the nineteenth century. ![]() Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017. ![]()
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