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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... soldiers who are holding up the pole and says something , and then he calls out , " Mr. Grant ! " higher . A murmur flickers " He'll never make it in the A cadet in the front row " Won't he ? " he says . The soldiers raise the pole a ...
... soldiers who are holding up the pole and says something , and then he calls out , " Mr. Grant ! " higher . A murmur flickers " He'll never make it in the A cadet in the front row " Won't he ? " he says . The soldiers raise the pole a ...
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... soldier of great ability . He had a pas- sionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as much about armies and soldiers as any American of that epoch could know . As commandant , he was in direct charge of the cadet corps as a ...
... soldier of great ability . He had a pas- sionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as much about armies and soldiers as any American of that epoch could know . As commandant , he was in direct charge of the cadet corps as a ...
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... soldiers and little to his credit . " No respect is felt for him , and no confidence is felt in him ; and his conduct was the one topic of discussion around campfires . " At that time there was a common saying among the en- listed men ...
... soldiers and little to his credit . " No respect is felt for him , and no confidence is felt in him ; and his conduct was the one topic of discussion around campfires . " At that time there was a common saying among the en- listed men ...
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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