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 11
... distinction worth mentioning . The history of these early Grants is an unbroken record of farming and procreation . They were an honest , hardworking lot , slow in thought and rough in speech . 11 CHAPTER PAGE I MEN AND HORSES CHAPTER.
... distinction worth mentioning . The history of these early Grants is an unbroken record of farming and procreation . They were an honest , hardworking lot , slow in thought and rough in speech . 11 CHAPTER PAGE I MEN AND HORSES CHAPTER.
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... thought of it . He grew up to be a gawky country youth , notwithstanding his good looks , slow at repartee and empty of bright answers . At social gatherings he was a receding , retiring figure , with nothing to say - but no matter ; he ...
... thought of it . He grew up to be a gawky country youth , notwithstanding his good looks , slow at repartee and empty of bright answers . At social gatherings he was a receding , retiring figure , with nothing to say - but no matter ; he ...
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... thought always in terms of material force . Whenever he found himself in circumstances which made it necessary for him to turn his conceptions into abstract ideas he had to readjust his mental focus with fumbling and effort . His cosmos ...
... thought always in terms of material force . Whenever he found himself in circumstances which made it necessary for him to turn his conceptions into abstract ideas he had to readjust his mental focus with fumbling and effort . His cosmos ...
Page 29
... thought of leveling it at the birds . When I had time to reflect upon the matter , I came to the conclusion that as a sports- man I was a failure , and went back to the house . ... He did not want to kill animals , though he had no ...
... thought of leveling it at the birds . When I had time to reflect upon the matter , I came to the conclusion that as a sports- man I was a failure , and went back to the house . ... He did not want to kill animals , though he had no ...
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... thought , and he wondered what it was . He had always heard him called Ulysses or " Useless . " But this Congressman knew his constituency , and he remem- bered that Jesse Grant had married Hannah Simpson . The boy's middle name must be ...
... thought , and he wondered what it was . He had always heard him called Ulysses or " Useless . " But this Congressman knew his constituency , and he remem- bered that Jesse Grant had married Hannah Simpson . The boy's middle name must be ...
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