General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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... writing the above , I have learned that at this period the General was very much exercised by occurrences which greatly dis- turbed his mind , and that the writing in the night which I supposed to be due to the preparing of further ...
... writing the above , I have learned that at this period the General was very much exercised by occurrences which greatly dis- turbed his mind , and that the writing in the night which I supposed to be due to the preparing of further ...
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Horace Green. I CHAPTER XXXIII Man Proposes ยง 1 N 1885 the writing of memoirs was not the com- monplace practice it has become . There were no syndicates . " Ghost " writers were in the shadow of the future , and no Pulitzer prizes had ...
Horace Green. I CHAPTER XXXIII Man Proposes ยง 1 N 1885 the writing of memoirs was not the com- monplace practice it has become . There were no syndicates . " Ghost " writers were in the shadow of the future , and no Pulitzer prizes had ...
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... writing was clear , terse , unadorned ; his object was to unfold the facts rather than to em- bellish them ... writing improved as he went on . The humor was not pronounced and lacked suppleness in 1Later when at Mt. McGregor , Gen ...
... writing was clear , terse , unadorned ; his object was to unfold the facts rather than to em- bellish them ... writing improved as he went on . The humor was not pronounced and lacked suppleness in 1Later when at Mt. McGregor , Gen ...
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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