Description
The first edition of The True Ulysses S. Grant by Brig.-General Charles King, inscribed by the author.
Octavo, [2], 400pp. Publisher’s yellow cloth, title stamped in blue, portrait of Grant on front cover. The first printing, with “Published October, 1914” on copyright page. Top edge gilt. Light soiling to spine from handling. Solid text block, a few points of light foxing. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Uncut fore-edge. Complete with 28 photographic plates.
This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper to the daughter of Dr. Arthur Holbrook, D.D.S (1842-1917), a member of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. Inscription reads: “Autographed for Florence Holbrook Poucher / by her father’s old friend / and “boy soldier” comrade / Charles King / December 9, 1914.”
Charles King (1844–1933) was a U.S. Army officer and a graduate of West Point in 1866. He served in the U.S. Army cavalry during the Indian Wars, where he was wounded at the Battle of Sunset Pass, and later retired from the regular army in 1879 due to those injuries.
Afterward, he was active with the Wisconsin National Guard, eventually becoming Adjutant General of Wisconsin before being called back to service as a brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War, where he commanded a brigade and participated in major actions, including at Manila and Pagsanjan.
