Grant's Final Victory

by Flood, Charles Bracelen

• ISBN13: 9780306820281
• ISBN10: 0306820285
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-11
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitute and dying, Grant began to write his memoirs to save his family from permanent financial ruin. As Grant continued his work, suffering increasing pain, the American public became aware of this race between Grant's writing and his fatal illness. Twenty years after his respectful and magnanimous demeanor toward Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, people in both the North and the South came to know Grant as the brave, honest man he was, now using his famous determination in this final effort. Grant finished Memoirsjust four days before he died in July 1885. Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant's Memoirsbecame an instant bestseller, restoring his family's financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since, Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this--the country's greatest wound.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Change in Fortune	p. 1
The Man Waiting for More Bad News	p. 15
The Lady at 3 East Sixty-sixth Street	p. 23
Retreat to New Jersey	p. 45
An Opportunity	p. 55
To Eat a Peach, and Soldier On	p. 73
Grant Puts On His Armor	p. 81
Mark Twain Strides onto the Stage	p. 91
Horses, and a Last Cigar	p. 107
A Bittersweet Christmas	p. 117
Things Come Together	p. 135
Twenty Years After the Nation's Great Redemptive Moment	p. 149
Reactions to a Sick Hero	p. 161
Unmarked Anniversaries	p. 175
The "Man of Iron" Keeps Going	p. 181
Another Loan from Vanderbilt	p. 187
Sunlight and Shadow	p. 213
Good-bye, Ulyss. And Thank You	p. 239
Notes	p. 249
Biblography	p. 269
Index	p. 275
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