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 Wartime Photographs of General Grant General Robert E. Lee The McLean House at Appomattox General Grant as President Nellie Grant • General Grant about 1881 General Grant at Mt. McGregor · • · Frontispiece FACING PAGE 56 57 · 112 ...
... York Wartime Photographs of General Grant General Robert E. Lee The McLean House at Appomattox General Grant as President Nellie Grant • General Grant about 1881 General Grant at Mt. McGregor · • · Frontispiece FACING PAGE 56 57 · 112 ...
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... York , after his two terms as President , he still retained this lifelong taboo . It was said that he would not even reënter his house to get his umbrella after he had reached the sidewalk . Before going back he would walk around the ...
... York , after his two terms as President , he still retained this lifelong taboo . It was said that he would not even reënter his house to get his umbrella after he had reached the sidewalk . Before going back he would walk around the ...
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... York . This was enough . When these places were visited I would have been glad to have had a steamboat or railroad collision , or any other accident happen , by which I might have received a temporary injury sufficient to make me ...
... York . This was enough . When these places were visited I would have been glad to have had a steamboat or railroad collision , or any other accident happen , by which I might have received a temporary injury sufficient to make me ...
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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 with their chaperones to the balls and military fêtes . Grant saw them only as one sees a far - off garden of roses . He might have met the young ladies , as the other cadets met them , but he was kept back either because he lacked ...
... York with their chaperones to the balls and military fêtes . Grant saw them only as one sees a far - off garden of roses . He might have met the young ladies , as the other cadets met them , but he was kept back either because he lacked ...
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