Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by E.B. Long

Never has Grant's transformation from tanner's son to military leader been more insightfully and passionately explained than in this timely edition, appearing on the 150th anniversary of Grant's 1868 presidential election.Įlizabeth Samet's annotations to Grant's Memoirs are a marvel, brilliantly situating the text not only in military history, but also in a broader literary and cultural context. The edition also breaks new ground in its attack on the 'Lost Cause' revisionism that still distorts our national conversation about the legacy of the Civil War. Whether exploring novels Grant read at West Point or presenting majestic images culled from archives, Samet curates a richly annotated, highly collectible edition that will fascinate Civil War buffs. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority that Samet, an English professor obsessed with Grant for decades, brings to the table. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant's landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is typically read.

Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant's Memoirs yet published. With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D.

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by E.B. Long