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 62
... Mexico is to be on the next page of American history . . . and the page is turning . The war between the United States and Mexico , if you look at it in one way , was a historical melodrama with Texas appearing on the stage as a weeping ...
... Mexico is to be on the next page of American history . . . and the page is turning . The war between the United States and Mexico , if you look at it in one way , was a historical melodrama with Texas appearing on the stage as a weeping ...
Page 87
... Mexico . If the plan of campaign was to pierce the country sufficiently deep to take its capital , it was very fool- ishly conceived , for the distance from the Rio Grande to Mexico City is six hundred and fifty miles . But it appears ...
... Mexico . If the plan of campaign was to pierce the country sufficiently deep to take its capital , it was very fool- ishly conceived , for the distance from the Rio Grande to Mexico City is six hundred and fifty miles . But it appears ...
Page 186
... Mexico " shouted at his colonel . Grant turned around and said to a sergeant , " Put a gag in that man's mouth . " This was done . When the time came to let " Mexico " loose , Colonel Grant untied him with his own hands . " Now salute ...
... Mexico " shouted at his colonel . Grant turned around and said to a sergeant , " Put a gag in that man's mouth . " This was done . When the time came to let " Mexico " loose , Colonel Grant untied him with his own hands . " Now salute ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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