Selasa, 13 Februari 2018

Review | The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition

Few authors have been as successful in achieving what they set out to do as Ulysses S. Grant. When he began work on his memoirs, Grant had to repair his family’s finances, tattered by ill-advised investments. In addition, Grant understood that he had won the admiration of the American people not simply because he won the Civil War, but also because of the style with which he conducted himself and his image as a simple soldier.

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