Thank you for those links. At first they didn't work ("page not found") until I did a search for GRANT. My favorite part was fact former enemies from the south send concerned best wishes. Arianne Laidlaw On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 7:20 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From Literary Hub -- excerpt from Chernow's new book, Grant. > > > http://lithub.com/on-the-literary-wheelings-and- > dealings-of-ulysses-s-grant= > -and-mark-twain/ > > [http://16411-presscdn-0-65.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp- > content/uploads/2017/1= > 0/59aac4ac63bc3.image_.jpg]<http://lithub.com/on-the- > literary-wheelings-and= > -dealings-of-ulysses-s-grant-and-mark-twain/> > > On the Literary Wheelings and Dealings of Ulysses S. Grant and Mark > Twain<h= > ttp://lithub.com/on-the-literary-wheelings-and- > dealings-of-ulysses-s-grant-= > and-mark-twain/> > lithub.com > Ulysses S. Grant had refrained from following the example of other Civil > Wa= > r generals who published their memoirs with a haste he found preening and > s= > elf-aggrandizing. He disliked talking about him=85 > > > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > Dept. of English > > Saint Louis University > > [log in to unmask] > > 314-977-3616 > > http://halbush.com > > author website: halbush.com > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58