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 45
... declared as a historical fact that during his four years he never went to a dance and never entered a private house as a guest . Swarms of fashionable girls came up from New York with their chaperones to the balls and military fêtes ...
... declared as a historical fact that during his four years he never went to a dance and never entered a private house as a guest . Swarms of fashionable girls came up from New York with their chaperones to the balls and military fêtes ...
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... declared at a public meeting in New York the day after Lincoln's death : Perhaps I may say reverently that this dispensation of God's good providence is sent to teach us that the spirit of the rebellion has not been broken by the ...
... declared at a public meeting in New York the day after Lincoln's death : Perhaps I may say reverently that this dispensation of God's good providence is sent to teach us that the spirit of the rebellion has not been broken by the ...
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... declared that he had spoken his last word on the subject ; that he would pack his grip and walk back to the station . No use to bother about a carriage for him . He would walk . Perhaps he could buy a light supper in some little eating ...
... declared that he had spoken his last word on the subject ; that he would pack his grip and walk back to the station . No use to bother about a carriage for him . He would walk . Perhaps he could buy a light supper in some little eating ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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