Stories, Sketches and Speeches of General Grant at Home and Abroad, in Peace and in War

Chicago, IL: Rhodes & McClure, Publishers, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 + 36 pages. Illustrations. Some foxing and soiling to text, boards quite weak, most of rear flyleaf torn out, notations inside boards. Front flyleaf separated from text: small edge tears/chips, boards quite worn, large tears at spine, pieces missing at top and bottom edges of spine. Subtitled: Including his trip around the world, and all the interesting incidents, anecdotes, and important events of his life. Topics covered include boyhood, at West Point, in Mexico, Gen. Grant's marriage, in the far west, the farmer, in Illinois, in the rebellion, as President, and around the world. At the end of the book is a 36-page section on "The Audiphone: A New Invention That Enables the Deaf to Hear Through the Medium of the Teeth, and the Deaf and Dumb to Hear and Learn to Speak. Invented by Richard S. Rhodes, Chicago." Condition: as is.

Keywords: Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Presidents, Civil War, West Point, Mexican War, Generals, Shiloh, Union Army, Audiphone

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Price: $37.50

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