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 21
... dollar bill . This challenge , flaunted in the face of Georgetown's youth and courage , brought out the awkward farm - hands , one by one . The pony's mane had been cut off , and its bare back was probably greased . Without saddle or ...
... dollar bill . This challenge , flaunted in the face of Georgetown's youth and courage , brought out the awkward farm - hands , one by one . The pony's mane had been cut off , and its bare back was probably greased . Without saddle or ...
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... dollars . A more adven- turous journey was one that he made halfway across the state with passengers who were on their way to Toledo . While he was still a child he had become - in the intervals of schooling and farm work - a sort of ...
... dollars . A more adven- turous journey was one that he made halfway across the state with passengers who were on their way to Toledo . While he was still a child he had become - in the intervals of schooling and farm work - a sort of ...
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... dollars ; and Boston decided to make its present in the form of books . After the money to buy five thousand vol- umes had been raised one of the Boston representatives in Con- gress went about quietly to find out what military ...
... dollars ; and Boston decided to make its present in the form of books . After the money to buy five thousand vol- umes had been raised one of the Boston representatives in Con- gress went about quietly to find out what military ...
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... dollars but in cents . The troops stationed on the Texan border were pompously called the " Army of Observation . " A better name , although it would not have been so soothing to national hypocrisy , would have been the " Army of ...
... dollars but in cents . The troops stationed on the Texan border were pompously called the " Army of Observation . " A better name , although it would not have been so soothing to national hypocrisy , would have been the " Army of ...
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... dollars in cash , but they had chickens , tobacco and liquor to sell . In twenty - four hours the place had turned itself into a bazaar ; and in a month modest fortunes had been acquired from the conquering Nordics . The Army of ...
... dollars in cash , but they had chickens , tobacco and liquor to sell . In twenty - four hours the place had turned itself into a bazaar ; and in a month modest fortunes had been acquired from the conquering Nordics . The Army of ...
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