How long does it take to read Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant?
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant takes about 6 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1885. 380 pages, about 104,500 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters.Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.This Penguin Classics edition of Grants Personal Memoirs includes an indespensable introduction and explanatory notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson.
Subjects: American Personal narratives, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Campaigns, Dummies (Bookselling), Generals
