The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Samets annotations to GrantsSamet pulls off a herculean scholarly achievement in her annotation of Grants classic autobiography.... A very rich reading experience that highlights unexpected connections between events in the text, its historical moment, and its connections to larger cultural themes. Samet accomplishes this rare feat of creating accessible annotations that are fascinating and enlightening as the text they are meant to enrich.An enthralling, brilliant, illuminatingand uniquecontribution that helps return Ulysses S. Grant to the pinnacle on which he belongs. Professor Elizabeth SametsA new edition, with thorough commentary, of the memoirs of an American Caesarand indeed, a book long reckoned to be America's version of The Gallic Wars. For Civil War buffs, this is a must-read... the edition that serious students of the Civil War, and Grant's role in it, will want. Indispensable.There is so much there... A tanners son, failing at so much, turned savior of his country. A slaveholder turned mass emancipator. The warrior transformed into a warrior-poet.With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grants