About this title: Many of the anecdotes she relates give fascinating glimpses into a very troubled period of American History. A dramatic reminiscence recounts the night that Lincoln was assassinated. Mrs. Grant insisted that she and her husband turn down an invitation to the theater in favor of returning home. It saved her husband's life: he had also been marked ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Fine. 0809314436 Stamped on title page and upper page edge. Appears unread. Binding uncreased, pages unmarked. PRICED ACCORDINGLY FOR GREAT VALUE! Your satisfaction is of course guaranteed. We ship the same or next day. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. book tight clean bright pages very near new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 346 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. This book has a green soft cover with white spine lettering and a black-and-white cover photo illustration. Inner pages clean, binding tight; some mild edgewear. Edited by John Y. Simon and including an introduction by Bruce Catton, this autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant's wife is illustrated with photos. Bookplate on front inner cover. 346 pages; approx. 6"x9". read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Nearly new except for cover crease. Introduction by Bruce Catton; includes The First Lady as An Author by Ralph G Newman, 0809314436. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780809314430. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1975
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. Introduction by Bruce Catton. Notes and Foreword by John Y. Simon, in which he gives the convoluted story of how thes memoirs passed from Mrs. Grant's pen to eventual publication. An essay, "The First Lady As An Author", by Ralph G. Newman. Light rubbing to dust jacket. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Green hardback cloth cover
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780809314423ISBN:0809314428
Description: VG: in very good condition with dustwrapper. 346pp: 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6") read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1975
Description: Good + No Jacket. Front endpaper and inside front cover paper have wear and open tears at edges. Firm hinges, no owner mnotes in book, little wear to the cover. biography. read more
Edition: 1st Thus Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: So. Illinois U, Carbondale
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Very Good Minus. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. VG-. Completely clean, tight text; covers have a light spine crease, hint of fading to white back. A few b&w photos. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Glossy Wraps
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780809314430ISBN:0809314436
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. No hardcover printing of this edition; edited by John Y. Simon; introduction by Bruce Catton; black & white photos; 346pp. read more
Description: New. Julia Dent Grant wrote her reminiscences with the vivacity and charm she exhibited throughout her life, telling her story in the easy flow of an afternoon conversation with a close friend. Mrs. Grant was raised the pampered daughter of a Missouri pla... read more
"This is our current "reading while traveling" book. I picked it up at a book sale at the Montrose (Colorado) Library. We finished Julia's story on our last trip to Montrose. The description of the Grants' world tour was especially interesting."
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