The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - Unabridged MP3 CD Audiobook in DVD case

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The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
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 .50 to .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 0,00 worth over 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.”
Play sample:
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: .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
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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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