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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Why people recommend it
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant is widely regarded as a literary and historical masterpiece detailing the life and military campaigns of the eighteenth American president. Carlos Lozada on The Ezra Klein Show recommended the memoirs during a June 2023 episode titled What We Learned Reading Ron DeSantis's Books, selecting it as his first reading recommendation and noting that it extensively covers Grant's time at West Point, his service in the Mexican-American War, and his pivotal leadership during the Civil War. Additionally, Pamela Paul discussed the autobiography on The Book Review in July 2024 during an episode featuring biographer Ron Chernow titled Grant. Paul observed that Grant's work is widely considered the absolute best memoir ever written by a United States president and remains a crowning achievement in autobiographical literature. Across both podcast appearances, speakers praised the literary craftsmanship, profound honesty, and enduring historical value of Grant's reflections on his extraordinary life and times.
Who recommended it
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Carlos Lozada Recommended
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“Grant wrote what is widely considered to be the best Memoir by a president and one of the best Memoirs of all time”
Carlos Lozada — 1 mention
“the first one I want to recommend is the Memoirs by Ulysses Grant it covers his time at West Point fighting in the Mexican-American war in the Civil War”