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 15
... friends -so the story runs - wrote the names of their choice on slips of paper , folded up the slips , and drew one . It was Ulysses , the name that had been proposed by Grandmother Simpson . Evidently the outcome was not wholly ...
... friends -so the story runs - wrote the names of their choice on slips of paper , folded up the slips , and drew one . It was Ulysses , the name that had been proposed by Grandmother Simpson . Evidently the outcome was not wholly ...
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... friends were new . The country had not settled down . Every farm was simply an ex- periment in soil and muscle , with the farmer looking wistfully toward the next county , where he thought the land might be cheaper and more fertile ...
... friends were new . The country had not settled down . Every farm was simply an ex- periment in soil and muscle , with the farmer looking wistfully toward the next county , where he thought the land might be cheaper and more fertile ...
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... nickname until he left the village to become a cadet at West Point . § 5 I have an impression that he was very lonely and unhappy as a boy . He did not have any close boy or girl friends , according to the evidence , and most of his days.
... nickname until he left the village to become a cadet at West Point . § 5 I have an impression that he was very lonely and unhappy as a boy . He did not have any close boy or girl friends , according to the evidence , and most of his days.
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... friends , and espe- cially of his elders . It is only a tradition now- odor as of pressed roses and spice - pinks . -a faint This legend , with its faded bouquet of roses and spice- pinks , has obviously a very insecure toe - hold in ...
... friends , and espe- cially of his elders . It is only a tradition now- odor as of pressed roses and spice - pinks . -a faint This legend , with its faded bouquet of roses and spice- pinks , has obviously a very insecure toe - hold in ...
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... friendship with any of these young men , nor was he a prominent figure in cadet life . Even Longstreet , who in after years became his cherished friend , said that he could not remember much about Grant at West Point , though they had ...
... friendship with any of these young men , nor was he a prominent figure in cadet life . Even Longstreet , who in after years became his cherished friend , said that he could not remember much about Grant at West Point , though they had ...
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