Grant's final victory : Ulysses S. Grant's heroic last year /
Charles Bracelen Flood.
- 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2011.
- xvi, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
A change in fortune -- The man waiting for more bad news -- The lady at 3 East Sixty-sixth Street -- Retreat to New Jersey -- An opportunity -- To eat a peach, and soldier on -- Grant puts on his armor -- Mark Twain strides onto the stage -- Horses, and a last cigar -- A bittersweet Christmas -- Things come together -- Twenty years after the nation's great redemptive moment ; Reactions to a sick hero ; Unmarked anniversaries -- The "man of iron" keeps going -- Another loan from Vanderbilt -- Sunlight and shadow -- Good-bye, Ulyss. And thank you.
Recounts the last year of the former president's life, after losing his fortune, discovering he had cancer, and his race to complete his memoirs --
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