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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... slavery , " he declared . . . and in these words Southerners heard the undertone of Seward's voice . Did the Northern people at that period really object to slavery in the Southern states - and if so , why ? Or was it merely talk ? If ...
... slavery , " he declared . . . and in these words Southerners heard the undertone of Seward's voice . Did the Northern people at that period really object to slavery in the Southern states - and if so , why ? Or was it merely talk ? If ...
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... slavery party would have got New Mexico and Arizona , but not much else . Strange to say , this solution , despite its practicality , did not appeal to either the North or the South . The die - hards among the slavery party , led by the ...
... slavery party would have got New Mexico and Arizona , but not much else . Strange to say , this solution , despite its practicality , did not appeal to either the North or the South . The die - hards among the slavery party , led by the ...
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... slavery . One of the historic results of this agitation was to bring slavery forward as the chief na- tional issue , and to obscure the underlying financial and eco- nomic problems . In other words , the slavery question was swiftly ...
... slavery . One of the historic results of this agitation was to bring slavery forward as the chief na- tional issue , and to obscure the underlying financial and eco- nomic problems . In other words , the slavery question was swiftly ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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