The captain departs : Ulysses S. Grant's last campaign /

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Early in 1885 Americans learned that General Grant was writing hisMemoirsin a desperate race for time against an incurable cancer. Not generally known was the Generals precarious personal finances, made so by imprudent investments, and his gallant effort to provide for his family by his writing. For...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pitkin, Thomas M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.
Edition:Paperback ed.
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • General Grant becomes an author
  • The general is stricken
  • Mount McGregor becomes a summer resort
  • Last days at Mount McGregor
  • The general leaves the mountain
  • The cottage becomes a shrine
  • Appendix: The death of General Grant.

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