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A Busy Week in Texas: Ulysses S. Grant's 1880 Visit to the Lone Star State Volume 27
Paperback
Series: Fred Rider Cotten Popular History
Travel GeneralRegional: SouthwestSouth
Publisher Price: $20.00
ISBN13: 9781625110640
Publisher: Texas State Historical Assn
Published: Oct 6 2021
Pages: 115
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
In the spring of 1880, Ulysses S. Grant, former general-in-chief and two-term president of the United States, stepped ashore at Galveston and began what turned out to be a seven-day whirlwind visit to Texas. Because of his past accomplishments and the chance that he might be nominated to serve an unprecedented third presidential term, Grant was the most famous and eagerly awaited celebrity ever to visit the Lone Star State. The general visited Galveston, San Antonio, and Houston, where he was greeted by thousands of cheering Texans.
Grant's visit to Texas was the subject of extensive coverage in newspapers across the nation, providing a unique time capsule for modern readers. The detailed reports of parades, banquets, receptions, and social activities not only document what Grant did at these functions, but also provide a record of what the thousands who came to see him said and did. The elaborate banquet menus and the word-by-word transcriptions of after-dinner toasts and speeches provide a fascinating window into social activities that are no longer an active part of modern life.
This book tells the story of Grant's busy week in Texas, allowing the reader to see Texas the way Grant experienced it. The book also includes a tour guide that will allow readers to literally retrace the general's footsteps to the sites of many historic buildings that still exist today.
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