LEADER 02863nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910820787103321 005 20230725021500.0 010 $a1-280-69849-7 010 $a9786613675453 010 $a0-8093-8611-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082881 035 $a(EBL)1354586 035 $a(OCoLC)794670713 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676227 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11373401 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676227 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10676949 035 $a(PQKB)10304679 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12313904 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10654667 035 $a(PQKB)11392049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354586 035 $a(OCoLC)794701270 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3533 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354586 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575415 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367545 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082881 100 $a20120713e20101973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe captain departs$b[electronic resource] $eUlysses S. Grant's last campaign, /$fby Thomas M. Pitkin. With a foreword by John Y. Simon 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 300 $aReprint. Originally published: 1973. 311 $a0-8093-0637-9 311 $a0-8093-2976-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1. General Grant Becomes an Author; 2. The General Is Stricken; 3. Mount McGregor Becomes a Summer Resort; 4. Last Days at Mount McGregor; 5. The General Leaves the Mountain; 6. The Cottage Becomes a Shrine; Appendix: The Death of General Grant; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; Back Cover 330 $aEarly 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 memoir 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.8/2/0924 676 $a973.820924 700 $aPitkin$b Thomas M$01653646 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820787103321 996 $aThe captain departs$94005038 997 $aUNINA