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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/BadenBaden1981 on 2025-06-12 15:48:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Ulysses Grant wrote his memoir while he was bankrupt and terminally ill. Mark Twain developed marketing strategy including Union veterans selling books in uniform. Eventually it became one of the bestselling books of the century.