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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... Ulysses , so the child was called Hiram Ulysses Grant . A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses ...
... Ulysses , so the child was called Hiram Ulysses Grant . A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses ...
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... Ulysses , you'll have to go into the beam - room and help me to - day . " It appears that there was a shortage of workmen at the time . Ulysses said nothing at first , but as he and his father approached the tannery , he burst out in ...
... Ulysses , you'll have to go into the beam - room and help me to - day . " It appears that there was a shortage of workmen at the time . Ulysses said nothing at first , but as he and his father approached the tannery , he burst out in ...
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... Ulysses . Then he picked up another sheet of paper and wrote to the War Department that his choice for the vacancy at West Point was Ulysses . . . and there his pen paused . Ulysses must have a middle name , Hamer thought , and he ...
... Ulysses . Then he picked up another sheet of paper and wrote to the War Department that his choice for the vacancy at West Point was Ulysses . . . and there his pen paused . Ulysses must have a middle name , Hamer thought , and he ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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