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The Captain Departs
Author | : Thomas M. Pitkin |
Publsiher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2010-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780809386116 |
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Early in 1885 Americans learned that General Grant was writing his Memoirs in a desperate race for time against an incurable cancer. Not generally known was the General’s precarious personal finances, made so by imprudent investments, and his gallant effort to provide for his family by his writing. For six months newspaper readers followed the dramatic contest, and the hearts of Americans were touched by the General’s last battle. Grant’s last year was one of both personal and literary triumph in the midst of tragedy, as Thomas M. Pitkin shows in this memorable and inspiring book. The Memoirs was completed; its remarkable literary quality made ita triumph. Ultimately more than 300,000sets of the two-volume work were sold. And Grant accepted the inevitable with quiet courage, and faded away in a manner sadly familiar to many American families. Though told without maudlin touches, the story of Grant’s last year will leave few readers emotionally uninvolved, for itis an account of pain and suffering as well as mighty deeds, and truly deserves to be considered the General’s final victory.
The Captain Departs
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:795319888 |
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Early in 1885 Americans learned that General Grant was writing his Memoirs in a desperate race for time against an incurable cancer. Not generally known was the General's precarious personal fiƯnances, made so by imprudent investƯments, and his gallant effort to provide for his family by his writing. For six months newspaper readers followed the dramatic contest, and the hearts of Americans were touched by the General's last battle. Grant's last year was one of both perƯsonal and literary triumph in the midst of tragedy, as Thomas M. Pitkin shows in this memorable and inspiring book. The Memoirs was completed; its remarkable literary quality made it a triumph. Ultimately more than 300,000 sets of the two-volume work were sold. And Grant accepted the inevitable with quiet courage, and faded away in a manner sadly familiar to many American families. Though told without maudlin touches, the story of Grant's last year will leave few readers emotionally uninvolved, for it is an account of pain and suffering as well as mighty deeds, and truly deserves to be considered the General's final victory.
Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co E 44 Mass Dep t of No Carolina from September 1862 to June 1863
Author | : John Jasper Wyeth |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : HARVARD:HX2NDM |
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The Captain and the Glory
Author | : Dave Eggers |
Publsiher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2019-11-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780525659099 |
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A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon . . . Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up.
Lamartine s Works
Author | : Alphonse de Lamartine |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:39015017675144 |
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History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France
Author | : Alphonse de Lamartine |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : IOWA:31858018519862 |
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Twixt Shadow and Shine
Author | : Marcus Clarke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0026675853 |
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