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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Page 157
... Washington and fourteen of his slaves . Brown held them as prisoners in the engine house . The scion of the great Washington family sat down in grumpy discomfort on the fire engine and waited to see what would happen . The ex- pedition ...
... Washington and fourteen of his slaves . Brown held them as prisoners in the engine house . The scion of the great Washington family sat down in grumpy discomfort on the fire engine and waited to see what would happen . The ex- pedition ...
Page 327
... Washington . " He did , indeed , yet the likeness is not wholly satisfying . There was something in Lee that Washington did not have . After much reflection I have come to the conclusion that Lee was Washington , as Washington would ...
... Washington . " He did , indeed , yet the likeness is not wholly satisfying . There was something in Lee that Washington did not have . After much reflection I have come to the conclusion that Lee was Washington , as Washington would ...
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... Mr. Stewart was overjoyed . He rushed down to Washington , engaged a string of rooms at a hotel and leased a house . But some member of Congress unearthed a forgotten law , enacted in George Washington's time , which says.
... Mr. Stewart was overjoyed . He rushed down to Washington , engaged a string of rooms at a hotel and leased a house . But some member of Congress unearthed a forgotten law , enacted in George Washington's time , which says.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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