{"product_id":"personal-memoirs","title":"Personal Memoirs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The foremost military memoir in the English language, written in a clear, supple style . . . a masterpiece.\" --Ron Chernow, in \u003ci\u003eGrant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with cancer and financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future--and won himself a unique place in American letters. Acclaimed by writers as diverse as Mark Twain and Gertrude Stein, Grant's memoirs demonstrate the intelligence, intense determination, and laconic modesty that made him the Union's foremost commander. \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs \u003c\/i\u003eis devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, tracing the trajectory of his extraordinary career from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. With their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition of Grant's \u003ci\u003ePersonal Memoirs \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an indispensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944050458855,"sku":"9780140437010","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c0500acb-bfc4-47e7-81b4-30eed41d4365.jpg?v=1775351398","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/personal-memoirs","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}