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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... stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud flaking from their wheels , of shotguns and hunting dogs , of silent women bending over ...
... stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud flaking from their wheels , of shotguns and hunting dogs , of silent women bending over ...
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... stood on the horizon of the American race . The conquest of nature acquired a romanticism that is equaled only , in our day , by the golden aura which surrounds the gospel of commercial success . Yet , strong as was this passion for ...
... stood on the horizon of the American race . The conquest of nature acquired a romanticism that is equaled only , in our day , by the golden aura which surrounds the gospel of commercial success . Yet , strong as was this passion for ...
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... 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 heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out his ...
... 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 heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out his ...
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... stood even higher than obscenity in the juvenile scale of excellence . Ulysses never swore and was not in the least obscene . To the end of his life he did not like to listen to off - color stories , though he had to hear a lot of them ...
... stood even higher than obscenity in the juvenile scale of excellence . Ulysses never swore and was not in the least obscene . To the end of his life he did not like to listen to off - color stories , though he had to hear a lot of them ...
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... on he would not admit even his own The other generals at headquarters were not so finicky . Usually they stood naked in front of their tents in servant . the early morning and had their orderlies dash buckets of 25 OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES.
... on he would not admit even his own The other generals at headquarters were not so finicky . Usually they stood naked in front of their tents in servant . the early morning and had their orderlies dash buckets of 25 OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES.
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