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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... 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 bridle to hold on to , the sheepish youths were ...
... 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 bridle to hold on to , the sheepish youths were ...
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... face was like that of a young girl's in its freshness of complexion and delicacy of outline . He was small and slender — but not fragile , for he had muscles of iron . His voice was always soft , clear and musical - though he cared ...
... face was like that of a young girl's in its freshness of complexion and delicacy of outline . He was small and slender — but not fragile , for he had muscles of iron . His voice was always soft , clear and musical - though he cared ...
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... face and voice had come to be very precious to Ulysses . This boyish love was of the sweetest and daintiest type - perhaps unspoken on his part , for he feared the ridicule of his friends , and espe- cially of his elders . It is only a ...
... face and voice had come to be very precious to Ulysses . This boyish love was of the sweetest and daintiest type - perhaps unspoken on his part , for he feared the ridicule of his friends , and espe- cially of his elders . It is only a ...
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... face . Porter says that in the outburst which followed he realized for the first time that Grant had a temper . It is too bad , for history's sake , that he does not state exactly what his commander's words were , but he does say that ...
... face . Porter says that in the outburst which followed he realized for the first time that Grant had a temper . It is too bad , for history's sake , that he does not state exactly what his commander's words were , but he does say that ...
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William E. Woodward. horses were being beaten in the face , it was for him a different matter . A few days after this episode he launched his swarm of men against the impregnable Confederate defenses at Cold Harbor . There they were shot ...
William E. Woodward. horses were being beaten in the face , it was for him a different matter . A few days after this episode he launched his swarm of men against the impregnable Confederate defenses at Cold Harbor . There they were shot ...
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