The captain departs : Ulysses S. Grant's last campaign, / by Thomas M. Pitkin. With a foreword by John Y. Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitkin, Thomas M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early in 1885 Americans learned that General Grant was writing his Memoirs in a desperate race for time against an incurable cancer. Not generally known was the General's precarious personal finances, made so by imprudent investments, and his gallant effort to provide for his family by his writing. For six months newspaper readers followed the dramatic contest, and the hearts of Americans were touched by the General's last battle. Grant's last year was one of both personal and literary triumph in the midst of tragedy, as Thomas M. Pitkin shows in this memoir

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1. General Grant Becomes an Author; 2. The General Is Stricken; 3. Mount McGregor Becomes a Summer Resort; 4. Last Days at Mount McGregor; 5. The General Leaves the Mountain; 6. The Cottage Becomes a Shrine; Appendix: The Death of General Grant; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69849-7

9786613675453

0-8093-8611-9

OCLC:

794670713