Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle,
Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer.
Destitute and dying, Grant began to write his memoirs to save his
family from permanent financial ruin.
As Grant continued his work, suffering increasing pain, the
American public became aware of this race between Grant's writing
and his fatal illness. Twenty years after his respectful and
magnanimous demeanor toward Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, people in
both the North and the South came to know Grant as the brave,
honest man he was, now using his famous determination in this final
effort. Grant finished "Memoirs" just four days before he died in
July 1885.
Published after his death by his friend Mark Twain, Grant's
"Memoirs" became an instant bestseller, restoring his family's
financial health and, more importantly, helping to cure the nation
of bitter discord. More than any other American before or since,
Grant, in his last year, was able to heal this--the country's
greatest wound.
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