Around the World with General Grant Hardcover John Russell Young

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Book Title
Around the World with General Grant Hardcover John Russell Young
ISBN
9780801869501
Subject Area
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Publication Name
Around the World with General Grant
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Length
9.2 in
Subject
Presidents & Heads of State, Essays & Travelogues, United States / General
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Author
John Russell Young
Item Weight
29.6 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801869501
ISBN-13
9780801869501
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2218774

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Around the World with General Grant
Subject
Presidents & Heads of State, Essays & Travelogues, United States / General
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
John Russell Young
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
29.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-006619
Reviews
''Skillfully edited and abridged... Fellman's witty, informative introduction... [and] helpful, brief chapter introductions and appropriate notes by Fellman clarify Grant's travel itinerary. A world map tracing Grant's trip further aids the reader, and the selected engravings from Young's book are marvelous complements to the text... Historians, professional and amateur, will appreciate Young's tart and intelligent depictions of foreign society and culture that reflect Victorian American sensibilities. Even better is his portrait of U. S. Grant as a respected statesman... Both entertaining and enlightening, Around the World with General Grant is a worthy addition to the Civil War bookshelf.'' -- A. Wilson Greene, Civil War History, "Grant may seem an improbably choice for an armchair traveling companion. He is interesting precisely because he was a tough old bird who was seeing the outside world for the first time. As travel writing, Around the World with General Grant makes for a fascinating comparison with A Tramp Abroad by Grant's friend (and publisher) Mark Twain."--George Fetherling, Vancouver Sun, "Skillfully edited and abridged... Fellman's witty, informative introduction... [and] helpful, brief chapter introductions and appropriate notes by Fellman clarify Grant's travel itinerary. A world map tracing Grant's trip further aids the reader, and the selected engravings from Young's book are marvelous complements to the text... Historians, professional and amateur, will appreciate Young's tart and intelligent depictions of foreign society and culture that reflect Victorian American sensibilities. Even better is his portrait of U. S. Grant as a respected statesman... Both entertaining and enlightening, Around the World with General Grant is a worthy addition to the Civil War bookshelf."--A. Wilson Greene, Civil War History
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
910.4/1
Edition Description
Abridged edition
Synopsis
After leaving the office of the presidency in 1877, Ulysses S. Grant embarked on a journey worthy of his legendary namesake, an around-the-world tour that took him from Europe to the Middle East and Asia over two and one-half years. Accompanying Grant was journalist John Russell Young, a wartime associate who was working in Europe as a ......, "Historians, professional and amateur, will appreciate Young's tart and intelligent depictions of foreign society and culture that reflect Victorian American sensibilities... Both entertaining and enlightening, Around the World with General Grant is a worthy addition to the Civil War bookshelf." -- Civil War History, After leaving the office of the presidency in 1877, Ulysses S. Grant embarked on a journey worthy of his legendary namesake, an around-the-world tour that took him from Europe to the Middle East and Asia over two and one-half years. Accompanying Grant was journalist John Russell Young, a wartime associate who was working in Europe as a correspondent for the New York Herald when Grant first arrived in England. On assignment for the Herald, Young joined the former president's entourage and faithfully recorded every detail of the grand tour-the sightseeing, official visits, travel conditions, and Grant's candid discussions with heads of state and other notables about the Civil War and other matters of state. So far from home, Grant felt free to speak his mind about his fellow Union officers, his Confederate adversaries, and the conduct of the war, at far more length than he would in his celebrated but close-to-the-vest memoirs. These salty reminiscences of the war give this travelogue its greatest importance for posterity. First published in two volumes in 1879, Young's account has been carefully abridged by historian Michael Fellman and is now available to modern readers in a single volume that, besides his adventures abroad, distills Grant's unvarnished memories and judgments of his wartime and executive experiences. We read Grant's opinions of such Civil War figures as Stonewall Jackson (''Jackson's fame as a general depends upon achievements gained before his generalship was tested, before he had a chance of matching himself with a really great commander.''); George McClellan (''It has always seemed to me that the critics of McClellan do not consider this vast and cruel responsibility--the war, a new thing to all of us, the army new, everything to do from the outset, with a restless people and Congress.''); and Joe Johnston (''I have had nearly all of the Southern generals in high command in front of me, and Joe Johnston gave me more anxiety than any of the others. I was never half so anxious about Lee . . . Take it all in all, the South, in my opinion, had no better soldier than Joe Johnston.''). An intimate portrait of one of America's most brilliant--and thoughtful--military men, Around the World with General Grant is a classic work of American journalism and history. It is also a vivid and insightful travel book, filled with reflections on exotic places and on Western, particularly British, imperialism as America was on the reluctant verge of entering the world stage., After leaving the office of the presidency in 1877, Ulysses S. Grant embarked on a journey worthy of his legendary namesake, an around-the-world tour that took him from Europe to the Middle East and Asia over two and one-half years. Accompanying Grant was journalist John Russell Young, a wartime associate who was working in Europe as a correspondent for the New York Herald when Grant first arrived in England. On assignment for the Herald, Young joined the former president's entourage and faithfully recorded every detail of the grand tour -- the sightseeing, official visits, travel conditions, and Grant's candid discussions with heads of state and other notables about the Civil War and other matters of state. So far from home, Grant felt free to speak his mind about his fellow Union officers, his Confederate adversaries, and the conduct of the war, at far more length than he would in his celebrated but close-to-the-vest memoirs. These salty reminiscences of the war give this travelogue its greatest importance for posterity. First published in two volumes in 1879, Young's account has been carefully abridged by historian Michael Fellman and is now available to modern readers in a single volume that, besides his adventures abroad, distills Grant's unvarnished memories and judgments of his wartime and executive experiences. We read Grant's opinions of such Civil War figures as Stonewall Jackson ("Jackson's fame as a general depends upon achievements gained before his generalship was tested, before he had a chance of matching himself with a really great commander."); George McClellan ("It has always seemed to me that the critics of McClellan do not consider this vast and cruel responsibility--the war, a new thing to all of us, the army new, everything to do from the outset, with a restless people and Congress."); and Joe Johnston ("I have had nearly all of the Southern generals in high command in front of me, and Joe Johnston gave me more anxiety than any of the others. I was never half so anxious about Lee... Take it all in all, the South, in my opinion, had no better soldier than Joe Johnston."). An intimate portrait of one of America's most brilliant--and thoughtful--military men, Around the World with General Grant is a classic work of American journalism and history. It is also a vivid and insightful travel book, filled with reflections on exotic places and on Western, particularly British, imperialism as America was on the reluctant verge of entering the world stage.
LC Classification Number
G440.G7.Y7 2002

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