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 76
... never went into the army without regret and never retired without pleasure . At Versailles the French government conducted him , with an escort , as a distinguished guest to the famous gallery of war paintings in the palace . " I tried ...
... never went into the army without regret and never retired without pleasure . At Versailles the French government conducted him , with an escort , as a distinguished guest to the famous gallery of war paintings in the palace . " I tried ...
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... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
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... never to arise alive . They have never given us any cause for alarm on this account , and I trust they never will . With these few injunctions and the knowledge I have of your love and affection and the dutiful affection of all our ...
... never to arise alive . They have never given us any cause for alarm on this account , and I trust they never will . With these few injunctions and the knowledge I have of your love and affection and the dutiful affection of all our ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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