Truly more than I expected. A great man and leader indeed.
This is probably as good as memoirs get. He is humble. He is self-deprecating. He is forthright. He is willing to defend the decisions he feels need defending. He comes across as very admirable and if I knew nothing else about the man, I would believe that Grant was great. It certainly seems h...
Gotta blow the horn on this one. I even tried wearing lipstick while reading it, just to give it a bit more clarity and pizazz, but no go. I tried desperately to enjoy it but most of the time I was lost in its dense and swamplike paragraphs. Apologies to all the folks who consider this a masterpiece...