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 155
... held by negroes , could be extended farther into the South . This seems to have been his idea at the beginning , but he changed it after awhile into a more grandiose conception - that of an independent free negro republic , with himself ...
... held by negroes , could be extended farther into the South . This seems to have been his idea at the beginning , but he changed it after awhile into a more grandiose conception - that of an independent free negro republic , with himself ...
Page 157
... held them as prisoners in the engine house . The scion of the great Washington family sat down in grumpy discomfort on the fire engine and waited to see what would happen . The ex- pedition also brought back George Washington's sword ...
... held them as prisoners in the engine house . The scion of the great Washington family sat down in grumpy discomfort on the fire engine and waited to see what would happen . The ex- pedition also brought back George Washington's sword ...
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... held in Philadelphia . As candidate for Vice - President the Republicans selected Henry Wilson of Massachusetts . The canvass was conducted with venom on both sides . Greeley especially was held up to contempt , ridicule and ...
... held in Philadelphia . As candidate for Vice - President the Republicans selected Henry Wilson of Massachusetts . The canvass was conducted with venom on both sides . Greeley especially was held up to contempt , ridicule and ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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