The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant: (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) Contributor(s): Simon, John Y. (Editor), Catton, Bruce (Foreword by), Marszalek, John F. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0809314436 ISBN-13: 9780809314430 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1988 Annotation: Many of the anecdotes she relates give fascinating glimpses into a very troubled period of American History. A dramatic reminiscence recounts the night that Lincoln was assassinated. Mrs. Grant insisted that she and her husband turn down an invitation to the theater in favor of returning home. It saved her husband's life: he had also been marked for assassination. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 87020708 |
Series: World of Ulysses S. Grant |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.04" W x 9.04" (1.20 lbs) 376 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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Publisher Description: Written in the early twentieth century for her children and grandchildren and first published in 1975, these eloquent memoirs detail the life of General Ulysses S. Grant's wife. First Lady Julia Dent Grant wrote her reminiscences with the vivacity and charm she exhibited throughout her life, telling her story in the easy flow of an afternoon conversation with a close friend. She writes fondly of White Haven, a plantation in St. Louis County, Missouri, where she had an idyllic girlhood and later met Ulysses. In addition to relating the joys she experienced, Grant tells about the difficult and sorrowful times. Her anecdotes give fascinating glimpses into the years of the American Civil War. One recounts the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Grant insisted she and her husband turn down an invitation to the theater. Her decision saved her husband's life: like Lincoln, he too had been marked for assassination. Throughout these memoirs, which she ends with her husband's death, Grant seeks to introduce her descendants to both her and the man she loved. She also strives to correct misconceptions that were circulated about him. She wanted posterity to share her pride in this man, whom she saw as one of America's greatest heroes. Her book is a testament to their devoted marriage. This forty-fifth-anniversary edition includes a new foreword by John F. Marszalek and Frank J. Williams, a new preface by Pamela K. Sanfilippo, the original foreword by Bruce Catton, the original introduction by editor John Y. Simon, recommendations for further reading, and more than twenty photographs of the Grants, their children, and their friends. |