Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant. It is an autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, focused primarily on his military career during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, and completed when he was dying. throat cancer in 1885. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. Twain created a unique marketing system designed to reach millions of veterans with patriotic appeal just as Grant's death was mourned. Ten thousand agents traveled the North, following a script that Twain had devised; many were veterans wearing their old uniforms. They sold 350,000 two-volume sets at prices of $ 3.50 to $ 12, depending on the binding (approximately $ 100 to $ 340 in 2019). Each copy contained what looked like a handwritten note from Grant himself. In the end, Grant's widow Julia received around $ 450,000, suggesting a gross royalty before expenses of about 30%. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant have been highly appreciated by the general public, military historians, and literary critics. Positive attention is often directed toward Grant's prose, which has been praised as cunning, intelligent, and effective. He portrayed himself in the personality of the honorable western hero,