# Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2.

By Ulysses S. Grant.

"Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2." by Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography written in 1884-1885. Racing against terminal throat cancer and personal bankruptcy, the 18th President chronicles his military career through the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Written explicitly for money to save his family from destitution, Grant's honest prose and candid battle accounts captured a nation. Mark Twain's brilliant marketing transformed these dying words into a bestselling phenomenon, with Union veterans selling 350,000 copies and securing Grant's widow nearly half a million dollars. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Generals -- United States -- Biography; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States. Army -- Biography

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