The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant: (mrs. Ulysses S. Grant)

Many of the anecdotes she relates give fascinating glimpses into a very troubled period of American History. A dramatic reminiscence recounts the night that Lincoln was assassinated. Mrs. Grant insisted that she and her husband turn down an invitation to the theater in favor of returning home. It saved her husband's life: he had also been marked for assassination.

About the author

John Y. Simon (1933-2008), was a professor of history at Southern Illinois University, the executive director and managing editor for thirty-one of the thirty-two-volumes that comprise The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, for which he was awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize. He wrote four books, edited several essay collections, and wrote dozens of articles and chapters in other books.

Product details

• Authors: Grant Dent, Julia Dent Grant, John Y. Simon
• Assisted by: John Y. Simon (Photographs), John Y. Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1988
• EAN: 9780809314430
• ISBN: 978-0-8093-1443-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: World of Ulysses S. Grant
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies