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Out of these reservations emerges the fact that Hannah Grant was a pious Methodist . Her religious faith was so profound that it carried her to the verge of an incalculable mysticism . If she had in truth a lifelong secret , locked ...
Out of these reservations emerges the fact that Hannah Grant was a pious Methodist . Her religious faith was so profound that it carried her to the verge of an incalculable mysticism . If she had in truth a lifelong secret , locked ...
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It is as matter - of - fact as the weekly report of a traveling shoe salesman ; but then one does not expect either generals or shoe salesmen to write like poets . When he wrote his Memoirs he was in his last days , and very ill .
It is as matter - of - fact as the weekly report of a traveling shoe salesman ; but then one does not expect either generals or shoe salesmen to write like poets . When he wrote his Memoirs he was in his last days , and very ill .
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“ In consideration of the fact that the book which I am now engaged upon will be in competition with Badeau's history of my campaigns , which was written with my consent and with the expectation that it would take the place of all I ...
“ In consideration of the fact that the book which I am now engaged upon will be in competition with Badeau's history of my campaigns , which was written with my consent and with the expectation that it would take the place of all I ...
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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