Ulysses Simpson Grant

Title: Round the world with General Grant. A narrative of the visit of General U. S. Grant ... to various countries ... in 1877, 1878, 1879. To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history ... With ... illustrations. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Young, John Russell; Grant, Ulysses Simpson; 1879.]. 2 vol.; 8 . 10026.l.7.

Grant's fascinating and powerful memoir is widely admired by historians and military elite as one of the finest military autobiographies ever published. This memoir, written in less than one year and as Grant was dying of throat cancer, recounts the triumphs and failures of his leadership in strong, clear prose. The two volume work includes the years of Grant's boyhood in Ohio, his graduation from West Point, his marriage to Julia Dent, his brilliant military campaigns and his presidency.