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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... York's Fifth Avenue . But on that day his metal steed was far away in the in- credible future . He was simply young Sherman - called Bill- full of good nature and likable traits . He had queer ideas and a whimsical mind . His finger ...
... York's Fifth Avenue . But on that day his metal steed was far away in the in- credible future . He was simply young Sherman - called Bill- full of good nature and likable traits . He had queer ideas and a whimsical mind . His finger ...
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... York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity , had issued stocks to a gullible public . . . . In a word , the inde- pendence of Texas , the admission of Texas to the Union , and the ...
... York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity , had issued stocks to a gullible public . . . . In a word , the inde- pendence of Texas , the admission of Texas to the Union , and the ...
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... York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York Times , conceived the idea of a permanent fund for the General and ...
... York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York Times , conceived the idea of a permanent fund for the General and ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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