The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant - Volumes I and II, (Paperback)

from kaulsu

Argh! It is so difficult to separate the topic from the execution thereof! My husband gave me this as a Christmas gift, knowing I was attempting to read biographies of all U.S. Presidents. This was not a biography, except to a minor degree of his early youth, but rather a memoir of the major batt...

from Lyndatrue

I'd like to like this interesting book, but the style is just too much to take. Maybe I'll come back to it.

from JBreedlove

Well written and enlightening. A suprisingly easy read.

from Schmerguls

5497. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, by Ulysses S. Grant (read 4 Sep 2017) I have intended to read this work for over 20 years and finally have done so. It is full of interesting material, including an account of Grant's life before he went to West Point and quite a detailed account of his time...

from wildbill

This is an excellent book about the Civil War written by one of the major figures of the war. The book provides a candid, truthful look at the people and events of the war from an intelligent man with personal knowledge of what he wrote about. I will qualify truthful by saying that U. S. Grant wa...