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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... Sumner by Preston Brooks , of South Carolina , caused immense indignation throughout the North . Mr. Sumner , champion of the abolitionists in the Senate , had a scholarly manner and a vitriolic tongue . He wrapped vituperation in ...
... Sumner by Preston Brooks , of South Carolina , caused immense indignation throughout the North . Mr. Sumner , champion of the abolitionists in the Senate , had a scholarly manner and a vitriolic tongue . He wrapped vituperation in ...
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... Sumner his proper place . He had friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was ...
... Sumner his proper place . He had friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was ...
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... Sumner and brought to the attention of the British ministry . The Queen's ministers saw clearly that , with such ideas in the minds of the American representatives , it would be useless to hold a con- ference on the subject of ...
... Sumner and brought to the attention of the British ministry . The Queen's ministers saw clearly that , with such ideas in the minds of the American representatives , it would be useless to hold a con- ference on the subject of ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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