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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... soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of the Ohio settlements had become weary of their harsh toil , and Daniel Boone's ghost had faded through neglect into a faint , dreary wisp . A new ...
... soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of the Ohio settlements had become weary of their harsh toil , and Daniel Boone's ghost had faded through neglect into a faint , dreary wisp . A new ...
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... some would go out and soon return with venison and wild turkeys enough for the entire camp . I , however , never went out , and had no occasion to fire Loses Temper 29 my gun ; except , being detained 28 Meet General Grant.
... some would go out and soon return with venison and wild turkeys enough for the entire camp . I , however , never went out , and had no occasion to fire Loses Temper 29 my gun ; except , being detained 28 Meet General Grant.
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... soon followed by more . . . All this time I stood watching the turkeys to see where they flew -with my gun on my shoulder , and never once thought of leveling it at the birds . When I had time to reflect upon the matter , I came to the ...
... soon followed by more . . . All this time I stood watching the turkeys to see where they flew -with my gun on my shoulder , and never once thought of leveling it at the birds . When I had time to reflect upon the matter , I came to the ...
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... soon ground , and then there was more talk of the beam - room . However , he found to his joy that other enterprises lying close at hand would take him away from the tannery altogether . One of these was the hauling of passengers from ...
... soon ground , and then there was more talk of the beam - room . However , he found to his joy that other enterprises lying close at hand would take him away from the tannery altogether . One of these was the hauling of passengers from ...
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... soon came to an end . He had been there only seven months when his regiment was ordered down the Mississippi River and across western Louisiana to the Texas border . Among Grant's classmates at West Point there had been a cadet named ...
... soon came to an end . He had been there only seven months when his regiment was ordered down the Mississippi River and across western Louisiana to the Texas border . Among Grant's classmates at West Point there had been a cadet named ...
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