{"product_id":"9781612771106","title":"General Grant: by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The editor has placed the dispute between Arnold and Twain in its historical perspective. The volume is especially significant because it adds a new dimension to Grant; it places him in relation to the literary men of that era.”—Robert A. Waller, \u003cem\u003eCivil War History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneral Grant by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain\u003c\/em\u003e presents conflicting essays and cultures. Matthew Arnold's 1886 essay on Grant praised the general and his posthumously published \u003cem\u003eMemoirs,\u003c\/em\u003e but to many Americans its tone seemed patronizing of their hero and country. Grant's friend and personal benefactor, Mark Twain, delivered a caustic rejoinder to the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut in April 1887. Thus Arnold became a pet prejudice of Twain's and may have served as an inspiration for \u003cem\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Twain's rejoinder is published in a correct text for the first time since the \u003cem\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/em\u003e printed his speech.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172717412592,"sku":"9781612771106","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612771106_p0.jpg?v=1769903892","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612771106","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}