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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... President's side . " South Carolina has seceded , " she said quietly . The President's face seemed to get years older in a moment . " Please - some one- won't some one call my carriage , " he murmured in a husky voice that was but ...
... President's side . " South Carolina has seceded , " she said quietly . The President's face seemed to get years older in a moment . " Please - some one- won't some one call my carriage , " he murmured in a husky voice that was but ...
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... President . The speculation appeared hazardous and uncertain , and Gould and Fisk would have dropped it ; but Corbin assured them that he had the President fixed , so they wavered between their desire to make money and their suspicion ...
... President . The speculation appeared hazardous and uncertain , and Gould and Fisk would have dropped it ; but Corbin assured them that he had the President fixed , so they wavered between their desire to make money and their suspicion ...
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... President smiled at his as- sociates and said , " Babcock has returned , as you see , and has brought a treaty of ... President over the intervening products of San Domingo , broke the embarrassing silence . " But , Mr. President , " he ...
... President smiled at his as- sociates and said , " Babcock has returned , as you see , and has brought a treaty of ... President over the intervening products of San Domingo , broke the embarrassing silence . " But , Mr. President , " he ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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