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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... seems placed there on purpose to tell us of the glorious deeds of our fathers , and to bid us to remember their sufferings - to follow their example . Here is the house Washington used to live in - there Kosiuscko used to walk and think ...
... seems placed there on purpose to tell us of the glorious deeds of our fathers , and to bid us to remember their sufferings - to follow their example . Here is the house Washington used to live in - there Kosiuscko used to walk and think ...
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... seems to have been made after considerable hesitation . Rawlins was a mere shadow as a war secretary . When his appointment came he was far gone with tuberculosis , and died during the year of his appointment . The Secretary of the ...
... seems to have been made after considerable hesitation . Rawlins was a mere shadow as a war secretary . When his appointment came he was far gone with tuberculosis , and died during the year of his appointment . The Secretary of the ...
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... seems to have been difficult to work with Grant . Some of the mem- bers resigned because they said they did not know what was going on ; that the President never asked their views on any subject ; and that unsatisfactory appointments ...
... seems to have been difficult to work with Grant . Some of the mem- bers resigned because they said they did not know what was going on ; that the President never asked their views on any subject ; and that unsatisfactory appointments ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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