James M. McPherson is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Battle Cry of Freedom".
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the eighteenth president of the
United States, graduated from West Point, fought in the Mexican
War, and led the Union army to victory in the Civil War.
James M. McPherson, George Henry David Professor of History at
Princeton University, is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM.
"The best [memoirs] of any general's since Caesar." --Mark Twain
"A unique expression of the national character . . . [Grant] has
conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by
all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself . . .
on edge to know how the Civil War is coming out." --Edmund
Wilson
"Perhaps the most revelatory autobiography of high command to exist
in any language. . . . If there is a single contemporary document
which explains 'why the North won the Civil war, ' that abiding
conundrum of American historical inquiry, it is the Personal
Memoirs of U. S. Grant." --John Keegan
"Well observed, often humorous, invariably charming, penetrating
and lucid . . . On every page, his narrative has the simple
directness of the finest English prose, inspired by the King James
Bible on which he had been raised. The overall effect is both
intimate and majestic." --The Guardian
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