Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better, and Being Bolder Thursday, May 18th, at 8:00 PM, in partnership with The Kimmel Center, Sasha Velour, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Dragįriday, May 19th, 6:30 PM, An Evening with Rupal Patel, author of From CIA to CEO: Wednesday, May 10th, at 6:00 PM: In Partnership with The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Witold Rybczynski, Why Ornament Mattersįriday, May 12th, at 6:30 PM, An Evening with Three Authors Featured in Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Thursday, May 4th, at 6:30 PM, RSVP: An Evening with Alexandra Auder, author of Don't Call Me Home.Similarly, if you're going to purchase one of the several annotated editions of his memoirs, this is the collection to own, read, and reread.'

'It's been said that if you're going to pick up one memoir of the Civil War, Grant's is the one to read. Grant's style is strikingly modern in its economy.' 'What gives this peculiarly reticent book its power? Above all, authenticity. Grant provides essential insight into how rigorously these events tested America's democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order. Grant Association's Presidential Library, this definitive edition enriches our understanding of the pre-war years, the war with Mexico, and the Civil War. With annotations compiled by the editors of the Ulysses S. This is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant's memoirs, clarifying the great military leader's thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and offering his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. Mark Twain and Henry James hailed them as great literature, and countless presidents credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Grant's memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a unique glimpse of someone who found that the habit of reflection could serve as a force multiplier for leadership.' 'Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else. 'Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.'

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