Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 95
... Captain Lee and his engineers distinguished themselves again by finding a practicable road over lava beds which were supposed to be impassable . In this way the Mexicans were flanked out of most of their forts , and the Americans drew ...
... Captain Lee and his engineers distinguished themselves again by finding a practicable road over lava beds which were supposed to be impassable . In this way the Mexicans were flanked out of most of their forts , and the Americans drew ...
Page 121
... captain about his drinking habits , and Grant wrote out his resignation and placed it in the colonel's hands , with the un- derstanding that it was not to be forwarded to the War De- partment if he stopped drinking . His resolutions ...
... captain about his drinking habits , and Grant wrote out his resignation and placed it in the colonel's hands , with the un- derstanding that it was not to be forwarded to the War De- partment if he stopped drinking . His resolutions ...
Page 159
... Captain Brown , " said Mr. " Yes , " he said , " I was so trained up ; it was one of the lessons of my mother ; but it is hard to part from friends , though newly made . " " You are more cheerful than I am , Captain Brown , " was the ...
... Captain Brown , " said Mr. " Yes , " he said , " I was so trained up ; it was one of the lessons of my mother ; but it is hard to part from friends , though newly made . " " You are more cheerful than I am , Captain Brown , " was the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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