Grant's Last Chapter In Jon Clinch’s Novel “The General And Julia”

Ulysses S. Grant - writing his memoirs at his home in Mount McGregor, NY in 1885.(Library of Congress)In the last year of his life, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Memoirs.The former President - dying from throat cancer and bankrupt after a Ponzi scheme - penned his account of his military experiences from the Mexican-American War through his role as the commanding Union general during the Civil War.Grant’s last chapter is the starting point for “The General and Julia,” a new historical fiction novel by Jon Clinch - published by Simon & Schuster.(Simon & Schuster)Jon Clinch(Christine Glade)