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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... fact that Hannah Grant was a pious Methodist . Her religious faith was SO profound that it carried her to the verge ... facts . That she was a good wife , a woman of piety and virtue , a person of common sense , with curious lapses into ...
... fact that Hannah Grant was a pious Methodist . Her religious faith was SO profound that it carried her to the verge ... facts . That she was a good wife , a woman of piety and virtue , a person of common sense , with curious lapses into ...
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... fact as the weekly report of a traveling shoe salesman ; but then one does not expect either generals or shoe salesmen to write like poets . When he wrote his Memoirs he was in his last days , and very ill . That fact , however , would ...
... fact as the weekly report of a traveling shoe salesman ; but then one does not expect either generals or shoe salesmen to write like poets . When he wrote his Memoirs he was in his last days , and very ill . That fact , however , would ...
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... fact . The war was brought about by many interlocking causes , and one may reasonably doubt if slavery was the ... facts . Political Dynamite 109 Sometimes these adjustments are leisurely 108 Meet General Grant.
... fact . The war was brought about by many interlocking causes , and one may reasonably doubt if slavery was the ... facts . Political Dynamite 109 Sometimes these adjustments are leisurely 108 Meet General Grant.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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