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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... held fast and won the money . " Why , that pony is slick as an apple , " was his only comment , as - covered with dust and blushes - he backed away from the crowd . Another adventure was with an unbroken horse which he had harnessed to ...
... held fast and won the money . " Why , that pony is slick as an apple , " was his only comment , as - covered with dust and blushes - he backed away from the crowd . Another adventure was with an unbroken horse which he had harnessed to ...
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... held by negroes , could be extended farther into the South . This seems to have been his idea at the beginning , but he changed it after awhile into a more grandiose conception - that of an independent free negro republic , with himself ...
... held by negroes , could be extended farther into the South . This seems to have been his idea at the beginning , but he changed it after awhile into a more grandiose conception - that of an independent free negro republic , with himself ...
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... held up to scorn or pity , which is worse than scorn ? · · When the full story of Ward's duplicity had come out Grant said , in the melancholy tone of a man who has lost all con- fidence in human nature : " I have made it the rule of my ...
... held up to scorn or pity , which is worse than scorn ? · · When the full story of Ward's duplicity had come out Grant said , in the melancholy tone of a man who has lost all con- fidence in human nature : " I have made it the rule of my ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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