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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... never wept and rarely smiled . We know almost as little of her as we do of Mary Ball , the mother of George Washington - and this is strange , for there are scores of people alive to - day who remember her as an old woman . Yes , they ...
... never wept and rarely smiled . We know almost as little of her as we do of Mary Ball , the mother of George Washington - and this is strange , for there are scores of people alive to - day who remember her as an old woman . Yes , they ...
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... never fully come to light , he was unpopular among young people of his own age . I suspect his unpopularity was due largely to the fact that he was such poor company . He was bashful , and inept at the fluent jesting that passes for wit ...
... never fully come to light , he was unpopular among young people of his own age . I suspect his unpopularity was due largely to the fact that he was such poor company . He was bashful , and inept at the fluent jesting that passes for wit ...
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... never came to the surface , except indirectly , and he was probably not aware of it himself . I know this observation will be received with incredulity , for the conventional portrait of Grant is that of a bearded , puffy , middle ...
... never came to the surface , except indirectly , and he was probably not aware of it himself . I know this observation will be received with incredulity , for the conventional portrait of Grant is that of a bearded , puffy , middle ...
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... never been seen naked by any one since he had been a small boy . Some of his biographers , feeling that there is no ... never immersed in love in the manner of the great lovers ; that he never gave himself wholly , at any time , to its ...
... never been seen naked by any one since he had been a small boy . Some of his biographers , feeling that there is no ... never immersed in love in the manner of the great lovers ; that he never gave himself wholly , at any time , to its ...
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... never attempted to explain it , perhaps because he did not know there was an explanation . There were times , however , when he came very close to breaking through his taboo . One of these occasions was during the Mexican War , when his ...
... never attempted to explain it , perhaps because he did not know there was an explanation . There were times , however , when he came very close to breaking through his taboo . One of these occasions was during the Mexican War , when his ...
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