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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Page 164
... Lincoln was not the choice of the American people . There was , indeed , no choice expressed by the popu- lar vote , though the Republicans carried enough states of large population - such as New York , Pennsylvania and Ohio - to give ...
... Lincoln was not the choice of the American people . There was , indeed , no choice expressed by the popu- lar vote , though the Republicans carried enough states of large population - such as New York , Pennsylvania and Ohio - to give ...
Page 166
... Lincoln stood on a flag - draped stand in front of the half - finished Capitol . As he read his inaugural address in a mumbling , hesitating voice the March wind caught up his words and sent them flying over the heads of the tur- bulent ...
... Lincoln stood on a flag - draped stand in front of the half - finished Capitol . As he read his inaugural address in a mumbling , hesitating voice the March wind caught up his words and sent them flying over the heads of the tur- bulent ...
Page 167
... Lincoln's law partner , says : In 1835 Mr. Lincoln wrote a book on infidelity and in- tended to have it published but Hill , believing that if the book should be published it would kill Lincoln as a politician , threw it into a stove ...
... Lincoln's law partner , says : In 1835 Mr. Lincoln wrote a book on infidelity and in- tended to have it published but Hill , believing that if the book should be published it would kill Lincoln as a politician , threw it into a stove ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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