This copy formerly belonging to Charles Anderson Dana, noted journalist and newspaper editor. “A beneficiary of his father’s name, Grant displayed sufficient competence as soldier, diplomat, and government official to command respect from most contemporaries” (ANB).
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This copy bears a presentation card tipped-in to Volume I on the front free endpaper, inscribed and signed by Grant’s eldest son, Frederick Dent Grant. “Grant’s memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history” (Eicher 492). A truly remarkable work” ( New York Times). “No Union list of personal narratives could possibly begin without the story of the victorious general. “It seemed to Twain, sitting quietly near him in his bedroom at Sixtieth Street, that Grant had fully regained the stature of a hero” (Kaplan, 273). Struggling to dictate his notes to a stenographer, Grant finished his memoirs shortly before his death in the summer of 1885. Mark Twain agreed to serve as the publisher. Grant.” From the estate of noted newspaper editor Charles Anderson Dana.Īfter an ineffectual term as president, ruined by bankruptcy and dying of throat cancer, Grant agreed to publish his memoirs to provide a measure of economic security for his family. Grant and with the compliments of his family, F.D. This copy inscribed by Grant’s eldest son, Frederick Dent Grant, on a tipped-in presentation card, “Sent by the directions of Genl.
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Octavo, original deluxe full brown morocco gilt, raised bands, circular blind-stamped medallions on front and rear covers, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt.įirst edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps, handsomely bound in scarce publisher’s deluxe full morocco. Grant’s family, who received seventy-five percent of the royalties, quickly re-established their fortune, receiving nearly a half million dollars from the book.A CLASSIC CIVIL WAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN PUBLISHER’S DELUXE FULL MOROCCO, PRESENTED BY GRANT’S ELDEST SON, WITH HIS SIGNATURE, FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEADING JOURNALIST AND NEWSPAPER EDITOR CHARLES ANDERSON DANA Thousands of war veterans and their families made a ready market for the book. His Memoirs were a financial and critical success. Gertrude Stein admired the book and said that she could not think of Grant without weeping. Clemens compared the book to Julius Caesar’s Commentaries. Grant’s style was straightforward and compelling. Still considered among the greatest of military memoirs, the two volume set became an immediate bestseller, praised for its high literary qualities. The memoirs focused almost entirely on the old general’s actions during the war. For Clemens, witnessing the tenacity of the dying man, Grant became, once more, a heroic figure. In the last month of his life, Grant struggled to dictate his notes to a stenographer and managed to finish his memoirs shortly before his death. Samuel Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, served as his editor.
He needed the money to try to secure an economically stable future for his family.
Grant, Union hero of the American Civil War, agreed to publish his memoirs. Politics did not enter into the matter at all.”Īn ineffectual, if not disastrous, president, ruined by bankruptcy after being defrauded of his estate, and dying of throat cancer, Ulysses S. They came from individual citizens of all nationalieties from all denominations - the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jew and from the various societies of the land - scientific, educational, religious, or otherwise. “‘Let us have peace.’ The expressions of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country, nor to a division of the people.
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