The Captain Departs: Ulysses S. Grant's Last Campaign

by Thomas M. Pitkin

Book Overview

Early in 1885 Americans learned that General Grant was writing his Memoirs in a desperate race for time against an incurable cancer. Not generally known was the General's precarious personal fi­nances, made so by imprudent invest­ments, and his gallant effort to provide for his family by his writing. For six months newspaper readers followed the dramatic contest, and the hearts of Americans were touched by the General's last battle.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306379
• ISBN13: 9780809306374
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"