Seeing that the first volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography has been nominated I will change my mind and nominate a book I have been meaning to tackle for some time:
Personal Memoirs, Vol. 1 by Ulysses S. Grant
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"Man proposes and God disposes." There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. Although frequently urged by friends to write my memoirs I had determined never to do so, nor to write anything for publication. In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due.
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This is the first in the series of two volumes. It was written by Grant near the end of his life when he was dying of throat cancer. Both volumes are in the public domain.