General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 115
... look at the man upon whom all eyes were focused as the coming savior of the North . Grant was forty - two years of age , about five feet eight inches in height , but weighed only about 140 pounds . General Horace Porter , who has given ...
... look at the man upon whom all eyes were focused as the coming savior of the North . Grant was forty - two years of age , about five feet eight inches in height , but weighed only about 140 pounds . General Horace Porter , who has given ...
Page 117
... look , as if he was out of office and on half pay , and nothing to do but hang around the entry of Willard's , cigar in mouth , had a clear blue eye , and a look of resolution , as if he could not be trifled with , and an entire ...
... look , as if he was out of office and on half pay , and nothing to do but hang around the entry of Willard's , cigar in mouth , had a clear blue eye , and a look of resolution , as if he could not be trifled with , and an entire ...
Page 300
... look at a small clay bust of the General which Gerhardt had made from a photograph . Presently Mrs. Grant suggested that Gerhardt step in and look at the General . I had been in there talking with the General , but had never thought of ...
... look at a small clay bust of the General which Gerhardt had made from a photograph . Presently Mrs. Grant suggested that Gerhardt step in and look at the General . I had been in there talking with the General , but had never thought of ...
Contents
The Saddle Back of Time | 3 |
Beginning of the Memoirs II | 11 |
A Note to Doctor Douglas West Point Mexico | 16 |
Copyright | |
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