Book Info enlarge picture Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant   Author: Ulysses S. Grant ISBN: 0914427679 Format: Publish Date:         /bookfreeway/freewaycompare?isbn=0914427679&src=Personal+Memoirs+of+U.+S.+Grant          Book Review Book Description Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his Memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died. One week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of 63. Publication of the Memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of...