On Thursday, the 18th of May, Tel-Aviv University held an Honorary Degrees Conferment Ceremony and for the first time a Palestinian-Israeli figure was among the recipients. 89 year old journalist and author Atallah Mansour was among the 9 participants of this prestigious award. Since 1965, Tel...
"He discovered that he really did have a facility for it," said Brands. "When Grant says that he could write 10,000 words in a day, and the words hardly needed any revising at all, you know, I and other writers are just sort of put to shame by this. And he was dying of cancer...
He later settled In Illinois and assisted his son in developing a brokerage firm, which later went bankrupt. Grant eventually ended up writing memoirs to raise funds for the upkeep of his family. He later succumbed to throat cancer on July 23, 1885. Admiration Grant stood his ground on matte...