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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... nature , it was destined soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of ... natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses 84 21 ...
... nature , it was destined soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of ... natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses 84 21 ...
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... nature ; and in some respects he was , as a soldier , unusually gentle and magnanimous . Horace Porter , who was on Grant's staff during the whole of the 1864 campaign , says that Grant lost his temper only once during those trying ...
... nature ; and in some respects he was , as a soldier , unusually gentle and magnanimous . Horace Porter , who was on Grant's staff during the whole of the 1864 campaign , says that Grant lost his temper only once during those trying ...
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... nature out of balance ; and those who are pos- sessed by it are not likely to care very much for people . In Grant's case it was probably a reflex of the attitude of Georgetown people toward him as a boy . Consider him as a sensitive ...
... nature out of balance ; and those who are pos- sessed by it are not likely to care very much for people . In Grant's case it was probably a reflex of the attitude of Georgetown people toward him as a boy . Consider him as a sensitive ...
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... nature and likable traits . He had queer ideas and a whimsical mind . His finger runs down the list of new cadets on the bulletin board and stops at " U. S. Grant . " " Here's U. S. Grant , " he calls out . " U. S. Yes , that's what it ...
... nature and likable traits . He had queer ideas and a whimsical mind . His finger runs down the list of new cadets on the bulletin board and stops at " U. S. Grant . " " Here's U. S. Grant , " he calls out . " U. S. Yes , that's what it ...
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... natural at- tractions it is decidedly the most beautiful place that I have ever seen . Here are hills and dales , rocks and river ; all pleasant to look upon . From the window near I can see the Hudson - that far - famed , that ...
... natural at- tractions it is decidedly the most beautiful place that I have ever seen . Here are hills and dales , rocks and river ; all pleasant to look upon . From the window near I can see the Hudson - that far - famed , that ...
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