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Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885.His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president.. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office.
The firm of Grant & Ward did well at first, bolstered by Ward's skills and Grant's name. The former president bragged to friends that he was worth two and a half million dollars, and family members and friends poured money into the firm. But Grant was largely disengaged from the company's business, often signing papers without reading them. [8]
While Franklin was president she wrote 2,500 newspaper columns, 299 magazine articles, 6 books, and traveled around the country giving speeches. [ 2 ] Eleanor remained politically active after her husband's death, serving as the first United States Representative to the United Nations and chairing the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ...
An American Life is the 1990 autobiography of former American President Ronald Reagan. Released almost two years after Reagan left office, the book reached number eight on The New York Times Best Seller list. [1] The book was largely ghostwritten by journalist Robert Lindsey. [2] [3]
The Autobiography was the fourth of four memoirs written by Roosevelt, the other three being: This Is My Story (1937), This I Remember (1949), and On My Own (1958). She combined those three into The Autobiography. The book was generally well received by critics, who particularly appreciated how the combined memoirs showed Eleanor's development.
Ulysses S. Grant, here shortly before his death, was the first president to write a memoir. First president born in Ohio. [5] First president born after the War of 1812. First president to have both parents alive during his presidency [as] [60] First president to appear with a moustache in office. [150] First president to veto more than fifty ...
[6] [7] Eleanor Roosevelt, who wrote four autobiographies, marked a shift in the content of the memoirs, writing more about political issues and less on her personal life. Lady Bird Johnson condensed a dictated two-million-word transcript into 300,000 for A White House Diary, which outsold her husband Lyndon B. Johnson's memoir. [6]
Fox Two: The Story of America's First Ace in Vietnam: 1984 Gerhard Neumann: Herman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army Master Sergeant: 1984 Stanley Hooker: Not Much of an Engineer: 1985 Al Mooney: The Al Mooney Story: They All Fly Through the Same Air: 1985 Chuck Yeager: Yeager: An Autobiography: 1985 Roald Dahl: Going Solo: 1986 Haywood S. Hansell