Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (Civil War Library)
de Grant, Ulysses S
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0831706783
- ISBN 13
- 9780831706784
- Librería
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sinopsis
Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters.Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.This Penguin Classics edition of Grants Personal Memoirs includes an indespensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson.
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Deservedly considered one of the best personal memoirs of the Civil War era by any high-ranking individual. Grant received help in the writing from mark Twain and one can see the influence of the humorist in multiple small vignettes.More endearing is the honest, straightforward treatment Grant makes of his own performance and decisions as well as his evaluations of others, on both sides of the conflict.Clearly he did not like Secretary of War Stanton but his treatment of Stanton, while enumerating the problems, also included an evaluation of Stanton's better features.It is this even-handedness, and the fact that Grant does not use his memoirs as a justification or a white-washing of his own mistakes that makes this a truly valuable tome.Grant made mistakes, he freely admits them and, on occasion, offers suggestions for what he could have done better and also illuminates that the war, command, and battle was a learning process for all involved. He talks about how mistakes he made early in the war were not repeated later and how others made the same growth, or were moved out of command positions.All in all an excellent read, well-written, balanced.
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- Librería
- World of Books Ltd (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- GOR004853697
- Título
- Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (Civil War Library)
- Autor
- Grant, Ulysses S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0831706783
- ISBN 13
- 9780831706784
- Editorial
- Smithmark Pub
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1995-06
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