Audiobooks by Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Audiobook

"Step into history with Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, the captivating autobiography of one of America’s greatest military leaders and the 18th President of the United States. Written with remarkable clarity and humility, Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs offer an unparalleled glimpse into the Civil War and his extraordinary life. Grant recounts his early years, his rise through the ranks of the Union Army, and the pivotal battles that shaped the nation’s destiny. From Shiloh to Vicksburg and the surrender at Appomattox, his firsthand accounts of these historic events are both vivid and insightful. More than a military narrative, Grant’s memoirs reveal his reflections on leadership, character, and the challenges of a nation at war. His straightforward and honest storytelling style has earned this work a reputation as one of the finest autobiographies in American literature. Expert narration brings Grant’s voice to life, making this audiobook an engaging experience for history enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Perfect for commutes, long walks, or quiet moments of reflection, it’s a timeless journey through the life of a remarkable leader. Start listening to Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant today and immerse yourself in the legacy of an American icon!"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Oliver Thompson (Narrator)

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An Audio Bundle: Blood & The War

"In Blood, the Civil War, the most dramatic moment in this nation's history, also produced some of our greatest literature. From tragic charges to prison escapes to the desolation wrought on those who stayed behind, Blood is an extraordinary collection of reminiscences, fiction, and excerpts from diaries and letters by an array of soldiers, writers and observers that includes Abraham Lincoln, General George Pickett, Walt Whitman, Ulysses S. Grant and Stephen Crane. In The War, no one knew it was going to be that bad. World War II killed some 60 million people-20 million of them soldiers-and inflicted wounds, bereavement, poverty and suffering on countless others. But such destruction was an impossible to imagine in advance as it was for young pilots-in-training to imagine their coming fiery deaths; or for Jews to foresee their last moments in the gas chambers; or for parents to imagine their children killed by the mortars and bullets and other munitions that factories churned out in such enormous quantities. As impossible, perhaps, as it is for us to imagine a disaster of similar scale in our future. The War presents an unforgettable mosaic of memoirs from soldiers, citizens and historians, detailing the immense tragedy that stretched from the Western Front to the Pacific Theater."

A.J. Liebling, Abraham Lincoln, Adeline Grey, Cornelius Ryan, David Kenyon Webster, George Pickett, George T. Stevens, James J. Fahey, Janet Flanner, John McElroy, Lewis H. Carlson., Lt. Colonel W.W. Blackford, Paul Fussell, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Stephen Crane, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ulysses S. Grant, Walt Whitman, William Manchester, William T. Sherman (Author), Barrett Whitener, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany., Delores King Williams, Grover Gardner, Terrence Aselford (Narrator)

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Letter Of Ulysses S. Grant To His Father & Younger Sister 1857-1878

"'Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." GRANT Here is a griping intimate audio encounter with one of the greatest figures in American history. Forget what biased biographers have written and listen to the man speaking for himself. The public figure we all know at least something about, but the private man, the family man, the father and son has been hidden to us by the passing of time. This is a true audio treasure. What Grant has to say so long ago is oddly relevant, touching, and even inspirational now as it was then, so many generations ago. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 until today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano (Narrator)

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Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Younger Sister, 1857-1878

"'Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.” GRANT Here is a griping intimate audio encounter with one of the greatest figures in American history. Forget what biased biographers have written and listen to the man speaking for himself. The public figure we all know at least something about, but the private man, the family man, the father and son has been hidden to us by the passing of time. This is a true audio treasure. What Grant has to say so long ago is oddly relevant, touching, and even inspirational now as it was then, so many generations ago. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 until today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano & The Icon Players (Narrator)

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

"In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. (Summary by U. S. Grant)"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Jim Clevenger (Narrator)

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Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister

"Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man and capable soldier, to whose patriotism, courage, persistence, and skill was so largely due the successful termination of the war between the States, the contest which assured the foundations of the Republic. We are interested not only in learning what this man did, but in coming to know, as far as may be practicable, what manner of man he was. It is all-important in a study of development of character to have placed within reach the utterances of the man himself. There is no utterance that can give as faithful a picture of a man's method of thought and principle of action as the personal letter written, with no thought of later publication, to those who are near to him. This collection of letters will constitute a suitable companion volume to Grant's Personal Memoirs and to the accepted biographies of the Great Commander whose memory is honored by his fellow-citizens not only for the patience, persistence, and skill of the leader of armies, as evidenced in the brilliant campaigns that culminated with Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and Appomattox, but for the sturdy integrity of character, modest bearing, and sweetness of nature of the great citizen. (Excerpt from the preface)"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Jim Clevenger (Narrator)

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

"Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances—Grant was dying of throat cancer—and encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died, and one week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of sixty-three. Publication of the memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of wartime reminiscences, many of them defensive in nature, seeking to refight battles or attack old enemies. Grant's penetrating and stately work reveals a nobility of spirit and an innate grasp of the important facts, which he rarely displayed in private life. He writes in his preface that he took up the task 'with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or the Confederate side.'"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Robin Field (Narrator)

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Part One

"Among the autobiographies of generals and statesmen, these memoirs rank with the greatest. Mark Twain hailed them as 'the best of any general's since Caesar.' Refreshingly candid and honest, Grant's assessment of his humble beginnings, his rise to fame, and his greatest triumphs and failures has become an American classic."

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Peter Johnson (Narrator)

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Part Two

"Part Two: The Vicksburg Campaign General Grant wrote this book while dying of throat cancer. He had been swindled by a dishonest Wall Street Broker and his trophies and possessions were stripped from him to satisfy the demands of his debtors. Bankrupt, suffering from a terminal illness and never passing a moment without acute pain, he produced this magnificent monument to his greatness. Those who denigrate Grant as a drunkard, butcher or bumbling President need to read this book in order to correct these errant assumptions. It is impossible to read this book and not realize that Grant was an inordinately intelligent man and one hell of a writer. Grant's Memoirs are a deserved classic in American literature and considered the greatest military Memoirs ever penned, exceeding Caesar's Commentaries. Grant wrote as he lived: with clear, concise statements, unembellished with trivialities or frivolities. The only 'criticism' the reader might have is that Grant bent over backwards not to wound the feelings of people in the book. He takes swipes at Joe Hooker and Jeff Davis, but what he left unsaid would have been far more interesting. A compelling and logical reason why Grant was so spare in his comments was because he was involved in a race with death. He didn't know how long he could live and therefore, 'cut to the chase.'"

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Peter Johnson (Narrator)

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Part Three

"Part Three: The Wilderness Campaign; Surrender at Appomattox Grant's assessments of Lincoln, Sherman, Sheridan and other military leaders are brilliant and engrossing. His style, like the man himself, was inimitable and couldn't be copied. In everyday life, Grant was a very funny man, who liked to listen to jokes and tell them himself. His sense of the absurd was acute. It's no accident that he loved Mark Twain and the two hitched together very well. Twain and Grant shared a similar sense of humor, and Grant's witicisms in the Memoirs are frequent, unexpected and welcome. There are portions where you will literally laugh out loud. Though Grant's Memoirs were written 119 years ago, they remain fresh, vibrant and an intensely good read. I have read them many times in my life and I never weary of the style and language that Grant employed. He was a military genius to be sure, but he was also a writer of supreme gifts, and these gifts shine through on every page of this testament to his greatness. All Americans should read this book and realize what we owe to Grant: he preserved the union with his decisive brilliance. In his honor, we should be eternally grateful."

Ulysses S. Grant (Author), Peter Johnson (Narrator)

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Blood: Stories of Life and Death from the Civil War

"The Civil War, the most dramatic moment in this nation's history, also produced some of our greatest literature. From tragic charges, to prison escapes, to the desolation wrought on those who stayed behind, Blood is an extraordinary collection of reminiscences, fiction, and excerpts from diaries and letters."

Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Walt Whitman (Author), Various (Narrator)

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