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| Author | Julia Grant |
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| Genre | Autobiographical memoir |
| Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press |
| ISBN | 0809314428 |
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) is a book by Julia Grant, the first lady of the United States and wife of Ulysses S. Grant. Though the book's initial manuscript was written in the 1890s, it was not published until 1975, nearly 73 years after Grant's death. Upon publication, the book received mixed reviews from critics, with some appreciating its description of the author's life and insight into life in the Victorian era. Others criticized the book as un-revealing and "not very insightful".