Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over promotions . Many of them almost forgot the war ...
... Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over promotions . Many of them almost forgot the war ...
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... American claim against the British for reparations was given small consideration by Her Majesty's government . The ... American commerce were called , would not be pressed . But it was a live question in America , although it had been ...
... American claim against the British for reparations was given small consideration by Her Majesty's government . The ... American commerce were called , would not be pressed . But it was a live question in America , although it had been ...
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... America During the Period of Reconstruction , 1865 to 1870. Washington , 1880 . Moore , Albert Burton , Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy . New York , 1924 . Moore , Frank , The Rebellion Record : A Diary of American Events ...
... America During the Period of Reconstruction , 1865 to 1870. Washington , 1880 . Moore , Albert Burton , Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy . New York , 1924 . Moore , Frank , The Rebellion Record : A Diary of American Events ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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