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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... side for eight weeks , when they denounced the members upon this side with violent and offensive language . We listened to them quietly and heard them through . And now , sir , this side shall be heard , let the consequences be what ...
... side for eight weeks , when they denounced the members upon this side with violent and offensive language . We listened to them quietly and heard them through . And now , sir , this side shall be heard , let the consequences be what ...
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... side , a few miles above Belmont , and marched down through corn- fields and underbrush toward the Confederate position . It was a disorganized fight , full of cheering , yelling and smoke . None of the troops on either side had ever ...
... side , a few miles above Belmont , and marched down through corn- fields and underbrush toward the Confederate position . It was a disorganized fight , full of cheering , yelling and smoke . None of the troops on either side had ever ...
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... side . The public was now in the market , following these leaders on the bull side . On the Friday which is now known as Black Friday - September 24 , 1869 — the price of gold went to 162 , and the Gold Room was a madhouse . Fisk himself.
... side . The public was now in the market , following these leaders on the bull side . On the Friday which is now known as Black Friday - September 24 , 1869 — the price of gold went to 162 , and the Gold Room was a madhouse . Fisk himself.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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