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 12
... miles east of Cincinnati . At that time the village dreamed of becoming a metropolis , and was filled with uneasy aspirations , which have long since dissolved into the past tense of hope . To - day it has a faint air of melancholy ...
... miles east of Cincinnati . At that time the village dreamed of becoming a metropolis , and was filled with uneasy aspirations , which have long since dissolved into the past tense of hope . To - day it has a faint air of melancholy ...
Page 32
... miles away . He was engaged in that , at times , before he had reached the age of eleven . And he drove a team forty miles to Cincinnati , carrying a load of rags which he sold for fifteen dollars . A more adven- turous journey was one ...
... miles away . He was engaged in that , at times , before he had reached the age of eleven . And he drove a team forty miles to Cincinnati , carrying a load of rags which he sold for fifteen dollars . A more adven- turous journey was one ...
Page 35
... miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville . He says in the Memoirs : " I was not studious in habit , and probably did not make progress enough to com- pensate for the outlay for board and tuition ...
... miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville . He says in the Memoirs : " I was not studious in habit , and probably did not make progress enough to com- pensate for the outlay for board and tuition ...
Page 55
... miles below St. Louis . On his way he stopped in Ohio to visit his parents . They lived then in Bethel , a little cross - roads village near George- town . Having sold his tannery , Jesse Grant had turned him- self into a farmer ...
... miles below St. Louis . On his way he stopped in Ohio to visit his parents . They lived then in Bethel , a little cross - roads village near George- town . Having sold his tannery , Jesse Grant had turned him- self into a farmer ...
Page 57
... miles from Jefferson Barracks . Young Dent himself was not sta- tioned at the Barracks , but he arranged things so that his family invited young Lieutenant Grant to the Dent home . Through making this simple gesture of politeness toward ...
... miles from Jefferson Barracks . Young Dent himself was not sta- tioned at the Barracks , but he arranged things so that his family invited young Lieutenant Grant to the Dent home . Through making this simple gesture of politeness toward ...
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