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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 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant are an autobiography, in two volumes, of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.The work focuses on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
[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 ]
My Life is a 2004 autobiography written by former U.S. president Bill Clinton.It was released on June 22, 2004, around three years after Clinton left office. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group and became a bestseller; the book sold in excess of 2.3 million copies.
Each President since Harry S. Truman (save John F. Kennedy, due to his untimely death, and George H. W. Bush) has released a full-length memoir; at over 3 years, Obama's took longer to write than any of them. [9] The previous president with the longest time between leaving office and publishing their memoir was Richard Nixon.
Eleanor wrote This Is My Story in 1936. [2] The book was published in 1937 by Harper & Brothers.The first edition was 365 pages. [3] It was an autobiographical account of Eleanor's life to shortly before Franklin's involvement in Al Smith's campaign for governor of New York in 1924.
On My Own: The Years since the White House [1] is a 1958 memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt, an American political figure, diplomat, activist and First Lady of the United States while her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was President of the United States.
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]