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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... head , and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away . These were soon followed by more . . . All this time I stood watching the turkeys to see where they flew -with my gun on my shoulder , and never once thought of leveling ...
... head , and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away . These were soon followed by more . . . All this time I stood watching the turkeys to see where they flew -with my gun on my shoulder , and never once thought of leveling ...
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... heads over the green summer of the river hills , he saw the gathering of his doom . " I had rather a dread of reaching my destination , " he wrote . $ 2 Gray - coated cadets loiter about the bulletin board at the door of the Academy ...
... heads over the green summer of the river hills , he saw the gathering of his doom . " I had rather a dread of reaching my destination , " he wrote . $ 2 Gray - coated cadets loiter about the bulletin board at the door of the Academy ...
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... believe that he took that paragraph out of his own head . There's a guide - book air about the far - famed Hudson- " its bosom studded with hundreds of snowy sails . " If a Man Graduates 47 Again , I look another 46 Meet General Grant.
... believe that he took that paragraph out of his own head . There's a guide - book air about the far - famed Hudson- " its bosom studded with hundreds of snowy sails . " If a Man Graduates 47 Again , I look another 46 Meet General Grant.
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... head of " fluxions . " And there was a little physics and chemistry , a lot of draw- ing , a small bite at the world's obese philosophies , and an abundance of infantry and artillery tactics . The science of war , as distinguished from ...
... head of " fluxions . " And there was a little physics and chemistry , a lot of draw- ing , a small bite at the world's obese philosophies , and an abundance of infantry and artillery tactics . The science of war , as distinguished from ...
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... head after such a thorough educa- tion at West Point . If he had been a ladies ' man he could have won the heart of any girl in the county ; but he did not try . As a soldier taking his ease he was a philosopher of the porticos rather ...
... head after such a thorough educa- tion at West Point . If he had been a ladies ' man he could have won the heart of any girl in the county ; but he did not try . As a soldier taking his ease he was a philosopher of the porticos rather ...
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