Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire (Picone/WH) Study of Civil War Nimitz to assume command of

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Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire (Picone/WH) Study of Civil War Nimitz to assume command ofby Louis L. Picone Chronicles Ulysses S. Grants transformative three year world tour, revealing his travels, encounters, and enduring legacy. In May 1877, Ulysses S. Grant, newly departed from two terms in the White House, embarked on an extraordinary three year journey that defined a pivotal moment in the Gilded Age. Driven by a lifelong passion for travel and unburdened by a fixed itinerary, Grant set out to explore the world, his wanderlust