The Hero And The Humorist: The Friendship of U.S. Grant and Mark Twain

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    Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain were quite famous. One went to war with weapons and men, and the other could do the same with words and wit - yet their separate paths became one. During this country’s great and terrible civil war, U. S. Grant saved the nation. After the war, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) would save U. S. Grant. This is the story of their remarkable friendship.
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    Narrated by Fred Kiger
    Produced by Dan Irving
    Published by Third Wheel Media
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Комментарии • 78

  • @JoeyArmstrong2800
    @JoeyArmstrong2800 6 дней назад +13

    To me, Mark Twain is one of the greatest Americans of all time.

  • @stacimoss7080
    @stacimoss7080 5 дней назад +11

    That was a beautiful story and picture of true friendship. Makes me think even more highly of these two great men.

  •  3 дня назад +2

    You are so right to teach history as a story and you tell it SO WELL. ❤

  • @carltonbacon7652
    @carltonbacon7652 20 часов назад

    I never knew they were so connected. Two titans of their age. Thank you for your hard work and great storytelling.

  • @uwantsun
    @uwantsun 5 дней назад +2

    Courteous, kind, and...thank you. Also, I am deeply indebted to you and your staff for your continued fine study of the times those days were and the equally excellent presentation of same.

  • @jimc.goodfellas
    @jimc.goodfellas 5 дней назад +3

    This channel, the stories, the voice of the narrator, everything is top notch

  • @TonySisneros-he3zx
    @TonySisneros-he3zx 6 дней назад +20

    Worlds biggest fiber, twain, was friends with an honest man who always stayed true to himself, giant. What a pair. To be a fly on the wall as those two had a conversation.

    • @GathKingLeppbertI
      @GathKingLeppbertI 5 дней назад +1

      *fibber.
      Auto correct sucks 😂😂😂

    • @SpaceCowboy-u7j
      @SpaceCowboy-u7j 4 дня назад +1

      Why would you have to be a fly?
      They probably would have been just as candid if a third person was in the room.

    • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
      @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 3 дня назад

      And were you there to make such statements?

    • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
      @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 3 дня назад

      Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens with a western cowboy with a flare with the pen tongue and a key eye for business for we heard dead cat out here

    • @andygossard4293
      @andygossard4293 3 дня назад

      Poor Ulys was in so much pain that last year it would have been hard for him to smile.

  • @tylerpetersen6226
    @tylerpetersen6226 6 дней назад +9

    Mark Twain is the forest gump of the late 1800s he appears in so many unlikely stories.

  • @elrenosso
    @elrenosso 5 дней назад +4

    This was fantastic! Thank you 👍

  • @aresee8208
    @aresee8208 6 дней назад +8

    To be clear, the train that took Grant to upstate New York went to SARATOGA Springs, not "Sarasota" Springs. And the cottage was near Saratoga, not Syracuse, which is nowhere near there.

  • @davide9658
    @davide9658 6 дней назад +5

    Thank you for this compelling story of the connection between two different but very great Americans.

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    @neoneyes3913 10 дней назад +6

    So ready for another great Video! Thank you, team!

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  • @ericdeaton2247
    @ericdeaton2247 4 дня назад +1

    You are the best storyteller I've ever heard.

  • @terryeustice5399
    @terryeustice5399 4 дня назад +1

    Had no idea about Grant and Clemens AKA Twain were friends. Very interesting commentary on them. Thank you! 💕👊👍

  • @Col_Panic
    @Col_Panic 4 дня назад +1

    Its odd, that I never came across this. Im a fan of both. First asba fan of their work in their chosen fields, but even more as I got older and found kinder sprits in them both, that is odd! Very cool! Good choice of topic! Its rare to get cool side information surounding the war. Thanks!!!

  • @russfranck3491
    @russfranck3491 6 дней назад

    Thanks!

  • @jenford7078
    @jenford7078 2 дня назад

    What a marvelous bit of history and so well written, as for your narration you could voice Samuel Clenens any day! My son is in his family tree via his paternal grandmother who was a Clements, the old family name and I had to send him this link to enjoy. Subscribed!

  • @robertslaughter5784
    @robertslaughter5784 4 дня назад +1

    Thank you for your works! Truly intriguing!

  • @toddrennie4961
    @toddrennie4961 4 дня назад

    I love my aunt Valerie and hope she appreciates this history as much as I do

  • @aresee8208
    @aresee8208 6 дней назад +4

    I have a first edition of Grant's memoirs on my mantel.

  • @Dickens76
    @Dickens76 2 дня назад

    I've always loved this story.

  • @55willys45
    @55willys45 5 дней назад +1

    Wonderful, thank you very much.

  • @billbissenas2973
    @billbissenas2973 5 дней назад +1

    The greatest thing Clemens did in his long life.

  • @tannerelliott9991
    @tannerelliott9991 6 дней назад +1

    These videos mean so much to me. I enjoy them so much.

  • @srobs1216
    @srobs1216 4 дня назад

    Thank you for this info. This is history that I never knew. Wishing you success in providing great videos going forward.

  • @JoeCarpenter-yt7sq
    @JoeCarpenter-yt7sq День назад

    Two heroic Americans!

  • @ryanenglish1987
    @ryanenglish1987 3 дня назад +1

    Grant headed for Saratoga Springs, and the cottage is not near Syracuse.

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 3 дня назад

    Yes, we know however, you’re speaking about our families and we’re very grateful that you brought this individuals view on the cycles of life and dog determine this to build the republic of the Americas, which, as we are an incredible transition, the West was never settled in grant time, and we are settling it now with California and Texas way to Patagonia

  • @keithsilverang7906
    @keithsilverang7906 6 дней назад +1

    Superb tale, thank you. ❤

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy День назад

    The story of President Grants final great work, in the midst of a slow death by cancer is as harrowing and satisfying as any of his battle victories.

  • @brp5497
    @brp5497 6 дней назад +3

    Twain worked at his brothers newspaper in Virginia city. Grant was a friend of Virginia city and gave a speech there. Virginia city boom town the Comstock lode just out of reno.

  • @ReneMaxwell-w7n
    @ReneMaxwell-w7n 5 дней назад

    What a remarkable story! It may not meet the quality of your narration, but it would make a brilliant film.

  • @andrewbird57
    @andrewbird57 4 дня назад +1

    I lived in Humboldt County for several years earlier this century. While I knew who US Grant was of course, I knew relatively about him. Until I visited Fort Humboldt State Park and learned he had served there and had resigned his commission in the army due to excessive drinking. It was hard for me to comprehend that the general who saved the Union and later served two terms as president had once sunk to the bottom. That is what makes Grant unique to me. He was a complete and total failure in his middle age, until the Civil War. It's still almost defies belief what he accomplished when given a second chance.

  • @davidspencer6384
    @davidspencer6384 3 дня назад +2

    It sounds like I should read Grant's memoirs.

  • @jannarkiewicz633
    @jannarkiewicz633 5 дней назад +1

    Comparing it to "Caesar in Gaul." Chills down my spine.

  • @ecolivelihoods
    @ecolivelihoods 4 дня назад

    Brilliant!

  • @Helm-w1q
    @Helm-w1q 3 дня назад

    It makes perfect sense. It would take a man like Mark Twain to understand a man like Grant. I think that was the bond.

  • @tristangossman8910
    @tristangossman8910 6 дней назад +1

    That was great!

  • @Chevychild
    @Chevychild 3 дня назад

    Riveting , thank you.

  • @rogerhare7886
    @rogerhare7886 3 дня назад

    I’m proud to own an original 2-volume set.

  • @avenaoat
    @avenaoat 6 дней назад +2

    Mark Twain began in the proconfederate miltia in the North East corner of the (proconfederate majority) Little Dixie Hannibal. (Missouri had 5 main areas and 2 main areas were proconfederate, the Little Dixie for the higher % slave population and the South Kansas border area for the Bleeding Kansas (1854-1860) precivil War era. The St Louis area, Ozark region and the Iowa border stripe areas were prounionist majority regions.) Mark Twain's brother was prounionist and he took his brother to Nevada. Mark Twain became prounionist in Nevada.

  • @tomasneel1980
    @tomasneel1980 2 дня назад

    My cousins and I here in the west lived like huckleberry fin and Tom Sawyer

  • @yotaiji012
    @yotaiji012 6 дней назад +1

    They were friends? Woah!

  • @JoeCarpenter-yt7sq
    @JoeCarpenter-yt7sq День назад

    2 of the best Americans who ever lived, and NOT surprisingly bounding

  • @OneLastHitB4IGo
    @OneLastHitB4IGo 6 дней назад +2

    Copies of General Grant's memoirs are available from Amazon books.

  • @TomMeredith-n9k
    @TomMeredith-n9k 5 дней назад

    One can be a Genius Military Leader and totally Stupid in the world of Finance.
    To this day there are many Ward characters up to no good.
    Gullible Grant is lasting impression he made of himself during his final years.

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN 2 дня назад

    Nicola Tesla was good freeds with Mark Twain 😁
    I think that gives credabuolity to Teslas good personality. Not a nutter big oil makes him out yo be.

  • @gregmiller9710
    @gregmiller9710 6 дней назад

    ...sure they were both were Mo. boys....

  • @macandrewes
    @macandrewes 5 дней назад +1

    Magnificent video. Subscribed!

  • @TheRustyLM
    @TheRustyLM 4 дня назад

    Thanks!