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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... tion movement what Paul of Tarsus was to Christianity . A penniless Boston printer , a common man without much educa- tion , he succeeded nevertheless in moving the hearts of men and women who had never seen a slave . He possessed the ...
... tion movement what Paul of Tarsus was to Christianity . A penniless Boston printer , a common man without much educa- tion , he succeeded nevertheless in moving the hearts of men and women who had never seen a slave . He possessed the ...
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... tion of circumstances . Grant himself said with becoming modesty : " There are many men who would have done better than I did under the cir- cumstances in which I found myself . " While Grant was marching aimlessly through Missouri ...
... tion of circumstances . Grant himself said with becoming modesty : " There are many men who would have done better than I did under the cir- cumstances in which I found myself . " While Grant was marching aimlessly through Missouri ...
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... tion was the target of a thousand dynamic importunities . Why not ease up the currency situation by issuing more greenbacks ? The business community , or a large part of it , thought that the national treasury could quickly bring relief ...
... tion was the target of a thousand dynamic importunities . Why not ease up the currency situation by issuing more greenbacks ? The business community , or a large part of it , thought that the national treasury could quickly bring relief ...
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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