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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In wording , it expressed political philosophy as well as enthusiasm : We are a band of brothers , and native to the soil , Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil ; And when our rights were threatened , the cry rose near and ...
In wording , it expressed political philosophy as well as enthusiasm : We are a band of brothers , and native to the soil , Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil ; And when our rights were threatened , the cry rose near and ...
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But Wallace got lost in the woods , or took a wrong road - he says that it was the road he was ordered to take and did not join the struggling army until sundown , after the day's fighting was over . When Grant arrived on the ...
But Wallace got lost in the woods , or took a wrong road - he says that it was the road he was ordered to take and did not join the struggling army until sundown , after the day's fighting was over . When Grant arrived on the ...
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Like that impetuous Puritan , Lee combined the fighting spirit of a young warrior with the moral impulses of an elderly bishop . The sentimentalists have long since taken the image of General Lee to their museum of heroes , where the ...
Like that impetuous Puritan , Lee combined the fighting spirit of a young warrior with the moral impulses of an elderly bishop . The sentimentalists have long since taken the image of General Lee to their museum of heroes , where the ...
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant 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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