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- Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II, 1885 - Former President Ulysses S. Grant began writing his memoirs in 1884. He was bankrupt from ill-advised financial investments and unable to repay his losses. Friends suggested he write about his military and wartime experiences. Diagnosed with throat cancer soon after he started writing, Grant finished days before his death in 1885. The two-volume work was a financial and literary success.
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II, 1885
Former President Ulysses S. Grant began writing his memoirs in 1884. He was bankrupt from ill-advised financial investments and unable to repay his losses. Friends suggested he write about his military and wartime experiences. Diagnosed with throat cancer soon after he started writing, Grant finished days before his death in 1885. The two-volume work was a financial and literary success.