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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Titre(s) : The personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant [Texte imprimé] : the complete annotated edition / edited by John F. Marszalek with David S. Nolen & Louie P. Gallo
Publication : Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap press of Harvard university press, 2017
Description matérielle : xxviii, 784 pages ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was one of the most esteemed individuals of
the nineteenth century. His two-volume memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union
soldiers, have never gone out of print and were once as ubiquitous in American households
as the Bible. Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Matthew Arnold, Henry James, and Edmund
Wilson hailed these works as great literature, and presidents Bill Clinton and George
W. Bush both credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Yet a judiciously annotated
clarifying edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now. The Personal
Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant's
memoirs, fully representing the great military leader's thoughts on his life and times
through the end of the Civil War and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision
making. An introduction contextualizes Grant's life and significance, and lucid editorial
commentary allows the president's voice and narrative to shine through. Compiled by
the editors in the Ulysses S. Grant Association's Presidential Library, these selections
enrich our understanding of the antebellum era, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.
Grant provides insight into how rigorously these events tested America's democratic
institutions and the cohesion of its social order. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses
S. Grant preserves and extends a work of profound political, historical, and literary
significance and serves as the gateway for modern readers of all backgrounds to an
American classic.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Marszalek, John F. (1939-....). Éditeur scientifique
Nolen, David S.. Éditeur scientifique
Gallo, Louie P.. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1869-1877
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674976290. - ISBN 0674976290 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468922179
Notice n° :
FRBNF46892217
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 6. Advance of the Army ; Crossing the Colorado ; he Rio Grande 7. The Mexican War
; he Battle of Palo Alto ; he Battle of Resaca de la Palma ; rmy of Invasion ; eneral
Taylor ; ovement on Camargo ; 8. Advance on Monterey ; he Black Fort ; he Battle of
Monterey ; urrender of the City ; 9. Political Intrigue ; uena Vista ; ovement against
Vera Cruz ; iege and Capture of Vera Cruz ; 10. March to Jalapa ; attle of Cerro Gordo
; erote ; uebla ; cott and Taylor.
11. Advance on the City of Mexico ; Battle of Contreras ; ssault at Churubusco ; egotiations
for Peace ; attle of Molino del Rey ; torming of Chapultepec ; an Cosme ; vacuation
of the City ; alls of the Montezumas 12. Promotion to First Lieutenant ; apture of
the City of Mexico ; he Army ; exican Soldiers ; eace Negotiations ; 13. Treaty of
Peace ; exican Bull Fights ; egimental Quartermaster ; rip to Popocatapetl ; rip to
the Caves of Mexico ; 14. Return of the Army ; arriage ; rdered to the Pacific Coast
; rossing the Isthmus ; rrival at San Francisco.
15. San Francisco ; Early California Experiences ; ife on the Pacific Coast ; romoted
Captain ; lush Times in California 16. Resignation ; rivate Life ; ife at Galena ;
he Coming Crisis ; 17. Outbreak of the Rebellion ; residing at a Union Meeting ; ustering
Officer of State Troops ; yon at Camp Jackson ; ervices Tendered to the Government
; 18. Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois ; ersonnel of the Regiment ; eneral Logan
; arch to Missouri ; ovement against Harris at Florida, Mo. ; eneral Pope in Command
; tationed at Mexico, Mo.
19. Commissioned Brigadier-General ; Command at Ironton, Mo. ; efferson City ; ape
Girardeau ; eneral Prentiss ; eizure of Paducah ; eadquarters at Cairo 20. General
Fremont in Command ; ovement against Belmont ; attle of Belmont ; Narrow Escape ;
fter the Battle ; 21. General Halleck in Command ; ommanding the District of Cairo
; ovement on Fort Henry ; apture of Fort Henry ; 22. Investment of Fort Donelson ;
he Naval Operations ; ttack of the Enemy ; ssaulting the Works ; urrender of the Fort.
23. Promoted Major-General of Volunteers ; Unoccupied Territory ; dvance upon Nashville
; ituation of the Troops ; onfederate Retreat ; elieved of the Command ; estored to
the Command ; eneral Smith.
