books.google.com - 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...http://books.google.com/books/about/Around_the_World_With_General_Grant.html?id=z_yhBLJgUz0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAround the World With General Grant