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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William E. Woodward. CHAPTER XXXI THE TRAGEDY OF GRANT & WARD $ 1 N the late 1870's a plausible young man circulated among I the banks and money changers of lower Manhattan . His name was Ferdinand Ward , and he was a lad of sound up ...
William E. Woodward. CHAPTER XXXI THE TRAGEDY OF GRANT & WARD $ 1 N the late 1870's a plausible young man circulated among I the banks and money changers of lower Manhattan . His name was Ferdinand Ward , and he was a lad of sound up ...
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... Ward was looking up new victims . It was a sort of endless chain . § 2 Ward's main reliance , however was not on individuals , but on the Marine National Bank . He had become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray ...
... Ward was looking up new victims . It was a sort of endless chain . § 2 Ward's main reliance , however was not on individuals , but on the Marine National Bank . He had become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray ...
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... Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no ... Ward . The General taps a bell on his desk ; Mr. Ward enters . Why , yes , as it is one of the General's friends , we ...
... Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no ... Ward . The General taps a bell on his desk ; Mr. Ward enters . Why , yes , as it is one of the General's friends , we ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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