![]() ![]() Note: Copies in the publisher's sheep in good condition are considerably rarer than good copies in the cloth or morocco publisher's bindings. Light scuffing to the bindings text exceptionally clean. Grants Personal Memoirs to this day held up as among the finest of the many Presidential memoirsaccomplished the one thing Grant could not achieve during his lifetime: financial security for his family, which was secured by the royalties from his writing. Octavo, original full publisher's sheep, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Written during the final days of Grant's life and seen through publication by Mark Twain, the Memoirs provide a personal and poignant record of some of the most significant events in American history. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us." -Grant, upon meeting Lee at Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of surrender.įIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHEEP of Grant's important and fascinating memoirs, illustrated throughout with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and over forty maps. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. Whatever his feelings, they were entirely concealed from my observation but my own feelings, which had been quite jubilant on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over the result, and was too manly to show it. "What General Lee's feelings were I do not know. ![]()
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