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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... party that would unite all the anti - slavery elements then swinging at loose ends . -In 1854 the Republican party was organized . It swallowed the small abolition group at one gulp . Within a year it was strong enough to control many ...
... party that would unite all the anti - slavery elements then swinging at loose ends . -In 1854 the Republican party was organized . It swallowed the small abolition group at one gulp . Within a year it was strong enough to control many ...
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... party was nonplussed for a while , and lost its bearings . Talk of secession of the North from the Union bubbled around Boston . A secession convention was called to meet at Worcester , but before the time came for its meeting a nation ...
... party was nonplussed for a while , and lost its bearings . Talk of secession of the North from the Union bubbled around Boston . A secession convention was called to meet at Worcester , but before the time came for its meeting a nation ...
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... party , nominated two candidates for President . The nominee of the Northern wing was Stephen A. Douglas , of Illinois , an ex- tremely clever politician whose enormous capacity for wrong thinking was equaled by his shrewd plausibility ...
... party , nominated two candidates for President . The nominee of the Northern wing was Stephen A. Douglas , of Illinois , an ex- tremely clever politician whose enormous capacity for wrong thinking was equaled by his shrewd plausibility ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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