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 223
William E. Woodward. Acquires Cigar Habit 223 The newspapers were filled with praise of Grant . As I turn their ... newspaper suggested humorously , and this struck the fancy of the American nation . For months he was known as Uncondi ...
William E. Woodward. Acquires Cigar Habit 223 The newspapers were filled with praise of Grant . As I turn their ... newspaper suggested humorously , and this struck the fancy of the American nation . For months he was known as Uncondi ...
Page 245
... newspapers down to their last shred of rumor , as idle men do ; reading newspapers , smoking cigars and trying not to drink liquor . When word finally came from Halleck for him to rejoin his command the army was then at Pittsburg ...
... newspapers down to their last shred of rumor , as idle men do ; reading newspapers , smoking cigars and trying not to drink liquor . When word finally came from Halleck for him to rejoin his command the army was then at Pittsburg ...
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... newspaper , and when the thirty - first day of March came they wandered about the house in anxiety . But it turned out to ... newspapers reported that he was on the way to recovery . It was a false hope . § 4 The family sent for the Rev ...
... newspaper , and when the thirty - first day of March came they wandered about the house in anxiety . But it turned out to ... newspapers reported that he was on the way to recovery . It was a false hope . § 4 The family sent for the Rev ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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