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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: Ulysses S. Grant
by Robin Field, Ulysses S. Grant
I listened to the audiobook of this, and Robin Field was a fantastic choice to read through the accounts of USG, he really helped cast you back into the time period that the book was written in.
The book is self is an account of Ulysses S. Grant as a General-in-chief of the Union army, recounting chapter-after-chapter of military maneuvers, reflections of the landscape, in both geographical and feeling of the times. It's an honest account of failures, struggles, and achievements written in a very forthright manner.
What I wasn't expecting, and the reason for not giving it 5 stars, was that the book was nearly all about military matters. It starts with a story of a young Ulysses, and a comical tale of him buying a Colt from a man and explaining to him his bartering strategy rather than using it: “And so I’m supposed to bargain with you for this here colt up to but not over the twenty-five I have in my pocket.” From here I expected the story to journey on through his life, military, war, family and presidency, but it doesn't; after a few tales of his younger years it dives into the matters of the civil war and barely leaves aside from a few moments including that of Lincoln's assasination.
Still, it's an incredible journey that paints an impactive story of the civil war, the incredible loss of life, homes, land, infrastructure, food, supplies, from a man that was not just there, but integral to its outcome.
The book is self is an account of Ulysses S. Grant as a General-in-chief of the Union army, recounting chapter-after-chapter of military maneuvers, reflections of the landscape, in both geographical and feeling of the times. It's an honest account of failures, struggles, and achievements written in a very forthright manner.
What I wasn't expecting, and the reason for not giving it 5 stars, was that the book was nearly all about military matters. It starts with a story of a young Ulysses, and a comical tale of him buying a Colt from a man and explaining to him his bartering strategy rather than using it: “And so I’m supposed to bargain with you for this here colt up to but not over the twenty-five I have in my pocket.” From here I expected the story to journey on through his life, military, war, family and presidency, but it doesn't; after a few tales of his younger years it dives into the matters of the civil war and barely leaves aside from a few moments including that of Lincoln's assasination.
Still, it's an incredible journey that paints an impactive story of the civil war, the incredible loss of life, homes, land, infrastructure, food, supplies, from a man that was not just there, but integral to its outcome.