{"product_id":"the-personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-the-complete-annotated-edition","title":"The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fine volume leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War. The book is deeply researched  but it introduces its scholarship with a light touch that never interferes with the readers enjoyment of Grants fluent narrative.Ron Chernow  author of Grant  Ulysses S. Grants memoirs  sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers  were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Mark Twain  Gertrude Stein  Henry James  and Edmund Wilson hailed them as great literature  and countless presidents  including Clinton and George W. Bush  credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Yet a judiciously annotated edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now.  The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grants memoirs  clarifying the great military leaders thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and offering his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grants life and significance  and lucid editorial commentary allows his voice and narrative to shine through. With annotations compiled by the editors of the Ulysses S. Grant Associations Presidential Library  this definitive edition enriches our understanding of the pre-war years  the war with Mexico  and the Civil War. Grant provides essential insight into how rigorously these events tested Americas democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order.  The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is a work of profound political  historical  and literary significance. This celebrated annotated edition will introduce a new generation of readers of all backgrounds to an American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945280270389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674976290","price":44.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674976290.jpg?v=1769881157","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-the-complete-annotated-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}