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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Page 98
... success of the bakery — a notable achievement , for it was the only success in business that he ever had in his life . " I rented a bakery in the city , " he wrote . " Hired bakers - Mexicans - bought fuel and whatever was necessary ...
... success of the bakery — a notable achievement , for it was the only success in business that he ever had in his life . " I rented a bakery in the city , " he wrote . " Hired bakers - Mexicans - bought fuel and whatever was necessary ...
Page 182
... successful general . War is an anachronism in the modern world , a survival from primitive society . It has no more ... success in war . Grant , like Lee and Sherman , was fitted by nature and tem- perament for meeting the problems of ...
... successful general . War is an anachronism in the modern world , a survival from primitive society . It has no more ... success in war . Grant , like Lee and Sherman , was fitted by nature and tem- perament for meeting the problems of ...
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... successful conduct of the war implied only two modes of action . One was to defeat the Confederate armies , and the ... success in the Mississippi basin gradually caused the Lincoln administration to realize that the Eastern cam- paigns ...
... successful conduct of the war implied only two modes of action . One was to defeat the Confederate armies , and the ... success in the Mississippi basin gradually caused the Lincoln administration to realize that the Eastern cam- paigns ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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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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