Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 71
... land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity ...
... land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity ...
Page 122
... land near St. Louis , and Grant's career as a Missouri farmer began . It was a rather discouraging start . He called his farm " Hardscrabble , " in anticipation of the hard times he expected to have there — and it must be said that he ...
... land near St. Louis , and Grant's career as a Missouri farmer began . It was a rather discouraging start . He called his farm " Hardscrabble , " in anticipation of the hard times he expected to have there — and it must be said that he ...
Page 431
... land ? God's image in ebony . Precisely . · do say , you know It's our duty ; we owe something to this poor , down - trodden race . The state will buy the land and . . that you can get land at fifty cents an acre in this state ? Not ...
... land ? God's image in ebony . Precisely . · do say , you know It's our duty ; we owe something to this poor , down - trodden race . The state will buy the land and . . that you can get land at fifty cents an acre in this state ? Not ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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