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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... lived at the Spottswood Hotel in Rich- mond in 1864 wrote that he was paying twenty dollars a day for his room and board , and that he had never lived so inex- pensively in his life , as the cost of his living was equal to only three ...
... lived at the Spottswood Hotel in Rich- mond in 1864 wrote that he was paying twenty dollars a day for his room and board , and that he had never lived so inex- pensively in his life , as the cost of his living was equal to only three ...
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... lived up to the high ideals of his race . He had the feeling of noblesse oblige - the sense that great authority im- plies great responsibilities and great humility . At his head- quarters table during the Civil War meat was served only ...
... lived up to the high ideals of his race . He had the feeling of noblesse oblige - the sense that great authority im- plies great responsibilities and great humility . At his head- quarters table during the Civil War meat was served only ...
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... lived by the letter of the Constitution as conscientiously as the priests in Solomon's temple lived by the Mosaic law ; and under the Constitution the granting of the suffrage was a privilege belonging to the states . Besides , Johnson ...
... lived by the letter of the Constitution as conscientiously as the priests in Solomon's temple lived by the Mosaic law ; and under the Constitution the granting of the suffrage was a privilege belonging to the states . Besides , Johnson ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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