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Grant and Sherman: Civil War Memoirs: A Library of America Boxed Set Tapa dura – 20 enero 2011

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For the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The Library of America re-issues the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman in a handsome, newly designed case. An ailing Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. John Keegan has called it "perhaps the most revelatory autobiography of high command to exist in any language." The Library of America's edition of Grant's Memoirs includes 175 of his letters to Lincoln, Sherman, and his wife, Julia, among others. Hailed as a prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, William T. Sherman is the most controversial general of the Civil War. "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it," he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges and a fascinating account of the famous march through Georgia and the Carolinas.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Library of America
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20 enero 2011
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A partir de 18 años
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13.46 x 7.62 x 21.59 cm
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1598531050
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978-1598531053
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“Anyone who wishes to know how and why the North won the Civil War can do no better than to read these volumes.” —James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom

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Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was commanding general of the United States Army in the Civil War and the 18th president of the United States.

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891) was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. When Ulysses S. Grant was elelcted president in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the U.S. Army, serving from 1869 until 1883.

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Editorial ‏ : ‎ Library of America; Collector's edición (20 enero 2011)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
Tapa dura ‏ : ‎ 1 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598531050
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598531053
Edad de lectura ‏ : ‎ A partir de 18 años
Peso del producto ‏ : ‎ 1,63 kg
Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 13.46 x 7.62 x 21.59 cm

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Geraldine

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Parfait, deux livres incontournables. livraison rapide, état nickel sous plastique. La guerre écrite par les vainqueurs. un must pour les fans de la guerre de sécésion

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Marc O'Polo

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Grant and Sherman: Civil War Memoirs

[Note: this review was updated May 17, 2011 with the addition of commentary regarding Sherman's memoirs. See below.]

This is a partial review of the 2-volume boxed set. At this point [April 7, 2011], my comments apply only to Grant's Memoirs & Selected Letters.

The strong point of this volume is the first-person narrative in which Grant describes his upbringing, his experience at West Point and during the Mexican War. Unfortunately, the sense of Grant as a person becomes submerged when he recounts his journey through the Civil War. His memoir then begins to read like a military treatise, with a succession of troop movements to and fro on the battlefield and from point A to point B between battles. I have the sensation that I'm reading about a chess match, with no insight as to his emotional state during the war years.

Since Grant wrote his memoirs about twenty years after the events he describes, the general reading public at the time no doubt had a clear and visceral knowledge of the war. However, at a remove of nearly 150 years, the emotion and horror of the upheaval is lost.

A saving grace in this volume is the decision of the editors to include many of Grant's military communiques as footnotes (though some are also included in the appendix). This makes it easier to follow the flow of his thinking at the time events were unfolding; it also does give a sense of the confusion that prevailed in times of battle. Unfortunately, though there are numerous maps included in this volume, each has been reduced to fit a single 5x7 page; they are thus unreadable.

Grant's comments regarding his superior officers, peers and subordinates only hint at what may have been his true feelings. Rarely does he come out and offer real criticism as to an individual's performance or lack thereof; he dances around the subject for the most part. Though he is a bit more effusive when offering praise. My sense is that Grant was trying to stand above the fray in terms of who deserved the glory and who did not.

Grant's voice comes through most strongly in the many letters (most of them to his wife) contained at the end of this volume. It is in these letters that Grant's emotions surface and a more rounded image of the man emerges. It is largely upon the inclusion of these letters that I give this volume a 5-star rating.

[Updated May 17, 2011]
Having now completed Sherman's memoir, I can say that my initial rating of five stars for this boxed set is unchanged. If anything, I enjoyed Sherman's memoir more than Grant's.

Sherman's personality and voice come through quite clearly. Unlike Grant's memoir, Sherman devotes a substantial number of chapters to his early life experiences, his time at West Point and, particularly, his time in California, both with the US Army and as a civilian (a banker, no less).

During his California sojourn, Sherman crossed paths with several individuals with whom he would later serve during the Civil War. He recounts his adventures during the early days of the Gold Rush, as well as the events that led to the establishment of the "Bear Republic" and the subsequent annexation of California upon the conclusion of the Mexican American War.

Sherman comes across as a more worldly individual than Grant. This may be due in part to his experiences between the conclusion of the Mexican American War and the start of the Civil War. During this period, he resigned his commission and undertook several private sector activities, shuttling between San Francisco, New York City and St. Louis. In the years immediately leading up to the Civil War, Sherman helped to found and became the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy; post Civil War, this institution became the basis for Louisiana State University.

Unlike Grant, Sherman is more outspoken in his opinions about the people with whom he interacted. This may be due, in part, to the fact that he did not have to contend with the political juggling act that Grant faced. In 1875, when Sherman published his memoirs, Grant was president and Sherman had succeeded Grant as Commanding General of the Army.

Whatever the case may be, Sherman comes across as a plain-spoken individual who was inclined to call a spade a spade. He regarded the Southerners who seceded as traitors. In his private letters to his superiors, he set forth his belief that the war had to be brought home to every man, woman and child and the South utterly crushed if the Union was to survive. A negotiated settlement that would allow the Confederacy to go its separate way was out of the question. He was equally outspoken, for the most part, in his appraisals of his subordinates, peers and superiors within the military -- both within the Union ranks as well as the Confederate army. And where politicians were concerned, Sherman had few kind words.

In summary, Grant's memoirs provide a high-level view of the Civil War, whereas Sherman's memoirs provide a view from the trenches. As a result, the two volumes in this boxed set nicely complement each other.

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Eric Hinrichs

Excellent

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 10 de abril de 2023

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I am far from a civil war buff but purchase this based upon a book I was reading that mentioned Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs.

This is a very well produced set; the Sherman memoir is a plus and complements Grant’s. I learned a lot reading these. There is a LOT of detailed information in these. A must if you are in to the civil war. Otherwise a great insight into what happened by two important people who were there and were responsible for the north winning.

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Great book delivered on time no problems

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