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 16
... gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his well - shaped body , his straight nose , his blue eyes and chestnut ...
... gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his well - shaped body , his straight nose , his blue eyes and chestnut ...
Page 100
... gold was discovered in California . Within four years the gold supply of the world was quadrupled , and as this so - called precious metal ran through the veins of commerce , an extraordinary transformation took place in the economic ...
... gold was discovered in California . Within four years the gold supply of the world was quadrupled , and as this so - called precious metal ran through the veins of commerce , an extraordinary transformation took place in the economic ...
Page 104
... gold ; about the niggardly pay of army officers and the general meanness of the government ; about Scott's novels and the acting of Edwin Forrest , and the size of skirts and the pugnacity of bulldogs . Grant would sit with his legs ...
... gold ; about the niggardly pay of army officers and the general meanness of the government ; about Scott's novels and the acting of Edwin Forrest , and the size of skirts and the pugnacity of bulldogs . Grant would sit with his legs ...
Page 112
... gold rush . They had voted against slavery the same as the Yankees . • This incident was a profound moral defeat for the South . There could be no longer any thought of extending the Mis- souri Compromise line to the Pacific . The South ...
... gold rush . They had voted against slavery the same as the Yankees . • This incident was a profound moral defeat for the South . There could be no longer any thought of extending the Mis- souri Compromise line to the Pacific . The South ...
Page 134
... gold - headed cane , and attacked Mr. Sumner , who was sitting at his desk writing a letter . In attempting to rise Mr. Sum- ner wrenched the desk loose from its iron fastenings and gave himself an injury to his spine which ...
... gold - headed cane , and attacked Mr. Sumner , who was sitting at his desk writing a letter . In attempting to rise Mr. Sum- ner wrenched the desk loose from its iron fastenings and gave himself an injury to his spine which ...
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