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 21
... horses occupied his interest almost to the point of obsession . Even as a boy he was the best horseman in Georgetown . His understanding of horses had the easy fluency of Dr. Samuel Johnson's understanding of Latin ; he would mount a horse ...
... horses occupied his interest almost to the point of obsession . Even as a boy he was the best horseman in Georgetown . His understanding of horses had the easy fluency of Dr. Samuel Johnson's understanding of Latin ; he would mount a horse ...
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... horse stood panting and trembling , the boy climbed cautiously out of the vehicle and reflected a moment , his hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out ...
... horse stood panting and trembling , the boy climbed cautiously out of the vehicle and reflected a moment , his hand on the reins . Then an idea occurred to him . He had heard that blind horses are not likely to run away , so he took out ...
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... horses on the plains . . . lots of game in the country , too . . . then comes the story of his futile turkey hunt ... horses were too cheap to let a runaway bother one . . . . He purchased a num- ber of wild horses at three dollars ...
... horses on the plains . . . lots of game in the country , too . . . then comes the story of his futile turkey hunt ... horses were too cheap to let a runaway bother one . . . . He purchased a num- ber of wild horses at three dollars ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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