
Ulysses S. Grant · 1885 · History
Written against the clock as Grant was dying, to provide for his family: his boyhood, the Mexican War, and the Civil War campaigns from Fort Donelson to Appomattox. Plain, honest and widely counted among the finest military memoirs ever written.
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
- Readers of American and Civil War history - Anyone who wants command described without vanity - Fans of memoir as literature
Showing the first 24 of 70 chapters — open the book for the rest.