The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

After leaving the presidency in 1877, Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia embarked on a world tour that was to last two years, capturing the public imagination but depleting their savings in the process. Returning home, Grant invested in a Wall Street brokerage run by his son and a partner that went bust, leaving Grant essentially broke. His several articles on his Civil war campaigns for Century Magazine were popular and he was urged to write his memoirs. The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant was the result – an autobiographical account focused on his military career during the Mexican-American and Civil Wars written in the course of a year during which he learned he was dying of throat cancer. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant’s death, and was notable for the unique marketing campaign created by Twain, which enlisted ten thousand veterans to canvass the North using a script written by Twain to sell the sets in versions ranging in price from $3.50 to $12.00, based on the binding. The effort generated sales of 350,000 sets and provided Grant’s family with a 75% net share of the royalties, an amount of $450,00 worth over $10 million today. The book was a critical success as well. Mark Twain compared it favorably with Caesar’s Commentaries… “the same high merits distinguished both books—clarity of statement, directness, simplicity, unpretentiousness, manifest truthfulness, fairness and justice toward friend and foe alike, soldierly candor and frankness, and soldierly avoidance of flowery speech. I placed the two books side by side upon the same high level.”

Product Details

Read by:  Jim Clevenger 
Length:  35 hours and 3 minutes 
Type:  Solo reading 
Media:  MP3 CD 
Package:  DVD box 
Item No.:  DB-2010 
EAN:  0683422134340   
List Price:  $14.99  

Credits


Production

Book Coordinator: Jim Clevenger
Meta Coordinator: Bart de Leeuw
Proof Listener: Betz

Artwork

Cover: Pres. U.S. Grant (between 1870 and 1880) Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Inset: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 1866, by Constant Mayer

The Recordings

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The Recordings

These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.

Table of Contents

Disc One
Track Chapter Length
01 00: PREFACE 4:23
02 01: CHAPTER 01 25:10
03 02: CHAPTER 02 24:33
04 03: CHAPTER 03 28:46
05 04: CHAPTER 04 22:16
06 05: CHAPTER 05 18:05
07 06: CHAPTER 06 13:17
08 07: CHAPTER 07 26:43
09 08: CHAPTER 08 19:45
10 09: CHAPTER 09 18:09
11 10: CHAPTER 10 21:08
12 11: CHAPTER 11 38:27
13 12: CHAPTER 12 21:04
14 13: CHAPTER 13 27:44
15 14: CHAPTER 14 16:33
16 15: CHAPTER 15 17:20
17 16: CHAPTER 16 36:34
18 17: CHAPTER 17 23:53
19 18: CHAPTER 18 21:36
20 19: CHAPTER 19 27:16
21 20: CHAPTER 20 21:28
22 21: CHAPTER 21 19:37
23 22: CHAPTER 22 36:48
24 23: CHAPTER 23 24:19
25 24: CHAPTER 24 35:46
26 25: CHAPTER 25 31:57
27 26: CHAPTER 26 22:40
28 27: CHAPTER 27 32:56
29 28: CHAPTER 28 16:10
30 29: CHAPTER 29 13:40
31 30: CHAPTER 30 25:57
32 31: CHAPTER 31 32:35
33 32: CHAPTER 32 28:51
34 33: CHAPTER 33 19:59
35 34: CHAPTER 34 23:15
36 35: CHAPTER 35 36:41
37 36: CHAPTER 36 16:02
38 37: CHAPTER 37 23:33
39 38: CHAPTER 38 42:22
40 39: CHAPTER 39 24:21
Disc Two
41 40: CHAPTER 40 21:46
42 41: CHAPTER 41 20:14
43 42: CHAPTER 42 28:24
44 43: CHAPTER 43 21:44
45 44: CHAPTER 44 23:59
46 45: CHAPTER 45 29:06
47 46: CHAPTER 46 29:52
48 47: CHAPTER 47 30:46
49 48: CHAPTER 48 18:49
50 49: CHAPTER 49 28:09
51 50: CHAPTER 50 35:33
52 51: CHAPTER 51 21:51
53 52: CHAPTER 52 17:53
54 53: CHAPTER 53 21:52
55 54: CHAPTER 54 30:16
56 55: CHAPTER 55 25:13
57 56: CHAPTER 56 33:07
58 57: CHAPTER 57 41:54
59 58: CHAPTER 58 29:26
60 59: CHAPTER 59 58:27
61 60: CHAPTER 60 11:13
62 61: CHAPTER 61 20:56
63 62: CHAPTER 62 35:48
64 63: CHAPTER 63 27:15
65 64: CHAPTER 64 29:56
66 65: CHAPTER 65 26:43
67 66: CHAPTER 66 18:16
68 67: CHAPTER 67 25:26
69 68: CHAPTER 68 26:50
70 69: CHAPTER 69 23:18
71 70: CHAPTER 70 27:02
72 71: CONCLUSION 24:47
73 72: APPENDIX PART 1 OF 4 1:00:12
74 73: APPENDIX PART 2 OF 4 1:14:05
75 74: APPENDIX PART 3 OF 4 1:07:03
76 75: APPENDIX PART 4 OF 4 53:30

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