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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The abolitionists now had a martyr to hold up before the unthinking , sentimental millions of the North . On the other hand , the South felt that its worst suspicions were founded in truth . Southerners , almost to a man , believed that ...
The abolitionists now had a martyr to hold up before the unthinking , sentimental millions of the North . On the other hand , the South felt that its worst suspicions were founded in truth . Southerners , almost to a man , believed that ...
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Meat and Bread 197 North in men and resources . Its immense self - sustaining territory was one of them . There was no vital point in the Confederate system ; it had no heart ; there was no place to thrust a fatal dagger .
Meat and Bread 197 North in men and resources . Its immense self - sustaining territory was one of them . There was no vital point in the Confederate system ; it had no heart ; there was no place to thrust a fatal dagger .
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Their secession leaders had told them that the population of the North was composed of blackguards and scoundrels . The people's belief in these assertions was rather half - hearted until Sherman appeared ; then they felt convinced that ...
Their secession leaders had told them that the population of the North was composed of blackguards and scoundrels . The people's belief in these assertions was rather half - hearted until Sherman appeared ; then they felt convinced that ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
GRANT FALLS IN LOVE | 55 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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