Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 148
... continued to exist . He held up to scorn the slave - owner's dictum that " Cotton is king , " and proceeded to prove by census statistics that the hay produced in the North had a larger money value than the cotton crop , with tobacco ...
... continued to exist . He held up to scorn the slave - owner's dictum that " Cotton is king , " and proceeded to prove by census statistics that the hay produced in the North had a larger money value than the cotton crop , with tobacco ...
Page 153
... continued to put obstacles in the way of slave - owning within their borders , and the abo- litionists ( as well as the Southern Democrats ) still continued to send rifles to Kansas , where a local war was going on . There one saw ...
... continued to put obstacles in the way of slave - owning within their borders , and the abo- litionists ( as well as the Southern Democrats ) still continued to send rifles to Kansas , where a local war was going on . There one saw ...
Page 467
... continued , " this Grant in the army at Senlac was a Saxon , and that the family has its origin in that strong and valiant race . There are numerous items to lead to this conclusion . That they were Normans it is easy to believe , as ...
... continued , " this Grant in the army at Senlac was a Saxon , and that the family has its origin in that strong and valiant race . There are numerous items to lead to this conclusion . That they were Normans it is easy to believe , as ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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