{"product_id":"the-annotated-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-9781631492440","title":"The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant's landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is typically read. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority that Samet, an English professor obsessed with Grant for decades, brings to the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring novels Grant read at West Point or presenting majestic images culled from archives, Samet curates a richly annotated, highly collectible edition that will fascinate Civil War buffs. The edition also breaks new ground in its attack on the \"Lost Cause\" revisionism that still distorts our national conversation about the legacy of the Civil War. Never has Grant's transformation from tanner's son to military leader been more insightfully and passionately explained than in this timely edition, appearing on the 150th anniversary of Grant's 1868 presidential election.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamet, Elizabeth D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth D. Samet\u003c\/strong\u003e received her BA from Harvard and her PhD in English literature from Yale. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eNo Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9\/11 America\u003c\/em\u003e (Macmillan); and \u003cem\u003eSoldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point\u003c\/em\u003e (FSG \u0026amp; Picador), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest and was named one of The New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2007; and \u003cem\u003eWilling Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776-1898\u003c\/em\u003e (Stanford UP). Her essays and reviews have been published in various venues, including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e. Samet is a professor of English at West Point. She speaks often to both civilian and military audiences on the role of literature in shaping future military officers, and she was a member of the Army Chief of Staff's 2011-2012 Task Force on Leader Development. She has appeared on the \u003cem\u003eNewsHour with Jim Lehrer\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR, and the BBC World Service.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726272074002,"sku":"9781631492440","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a7c8e94f-c09d-480c-8ed9-9bc1ab045be8.jpg?v=1734862642","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-annotated-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-9781631492440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}