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john510runner t1_iy52fnk wrote

Reply to comment by Regular_Ferret1080 in TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46 by IllustriousAct28

That's (Grant not writing his own memoir) been debunked. Mark Twain acted in the capacity of a literary agent/publisher of Grant's memoir.

Twain, who I think Grant addressed as Clemens, talked Grant out of signing a bad deal with a different publisher.

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GiantIrish_Elk t1_iy57yg6 wrote

He was also broke because he had paid off the money that his sons "friend" and partner in the brokerage he had invested in had embezzled and fled the country.

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