Personal Memoirs of U S Grant V1 Author:S. Ulysses Grant Part One Of Two Parts During the last year of his life, when he was dying of cancer, Grant recalled his Ohio boyhood, his West Point years and the grim military campaign in Mexico that ended in military victory but which Grant thought was politically shameful. Grant resigned from the army and returned to civilian life. But then came the re... more »bellion that split the Union and recast Grant's fortune: he proved to be a general who could win. What it takes for victory, we learn from these pages, is an amalgam of qualities, among them unconscious physical courage, foresight, iron-willed determination, the vigorous exercise of command. Among biographies of generals and statesmen, PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT rank with the greatest.« less