# Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 4.

By Ulysses S. Grant.

"Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 4." by Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography written in 1884-1885. This final volume captures Grant's military career during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, written under extraordinary circumstances. Racing against terminal throat cancer and personal bankruptcy from a Ponzi scheme, Grant penned his memoirs to save his family from financial ruin. Mark Twain, his close friend, championed the work's publication, creating an innovative marketing campaign that made it a nineteenth-century bestseller and secured Grant's legacy. (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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