Excerpt from Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military and Civil The events related' in the following life OF general grant have been derived from authentic sources; and it has been the writer's aim to give a plain and truthful narrative, like the subject him self, -without resorting to invention, high coloring, or rhetorical exaggeration, to add to the interest which attaches to one who occupies so eminent a position. It has also been the writer's purpose, avoiding minute details, controversy, and lengthy extracts from official reports, to offer a sufficiently brief and a popular life OF grant, to meet the wants of numerous readers throughout the country who do not desire the larger and more costly works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.