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 22
... sent horse , buggy and driver all rolling to the bottom . While the horse stood panting and trembling , the boy climbed cautiously out of the vehicle and reflected a moment , his hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had ...
... sent horse , buggy and driver all rolling to the bottom . While the horse stood panting and trembling , the boy climbed cautiously out of the vehicle and reflected a moment , his hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had ...
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... sent to the Seminary at Maysville , Kentucky , across the river and about twenty miles distant from Georgetown . He attended the Maysville school only one winter , and his career there was so colorless that he was recalled with much ...
... sent to the Seminary at Maysville , Kentucky , across the river and about twenty miles distant from Georgetown . He attended the Maysville school only one winter , and his career there was so colorless that he was recalled with much ...
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... meat that had the least drop of blood exuding from it . Steaks had to be burned to a hard crisp before he would touch them . He was the lifelong despair of cooks . H. U. G. 35 Ulysses was sent again to school 34 Meet General Grant.
... meat that had the least drop of blood exuding from it . Steaks had to be burned to a hard crisp before he would touch them . He was the lifelong despair of cooks . H. U. G. 35 Ulysses was sent again to school 34 Meet General Grant.
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William E. Woodward. H. U. G. 35 Ulysses was sent again to school to prepare for West Point -this time to another " Institute " at Ripley , which is only ten miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville ...
William E. Woodward. H. U. G. 35 Ulysses was sent again to school to prepare for West Point -this time to another " Institute " at Ripley , which is only ten miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville ...
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... sent to Louisiana Grant was away in Ohio on a short visit . Returning to Jefferson Barracks , he found that his company had departed , and the Colonel's orders were for him to follow the command immediately . Thereupon he made up his ...
... sent to Louisiana Grant was away in Ohio on a short visit . Returning to Jefferson Barracks , he found that his company had departed , and the Colonel's orders were for him to follow the command immediately . Thereupon he made up his ...
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