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 49
... knew Grant more intimately than any other man ever knew him , says that he had never read a book on strategy . There is confirmatory evidence of the truth of this asser- tion in an incident that occurred after the war , when the ...
... knew Grant more intimately than any other man ever knew him , says that he had never read a book on strategy . There is confirmatory evidence of the truth of this asser- tion in an incident that occurred after the war , when the ...
Page 213
... knew he'd do something big , " Mrs. Boggs replied . She was the wife of Boggs , the real estate man . " I knew he would be a great man some day , if he ever got a chance . " § 4 At the close of the jovial Christmas season we find ...
... knew he'd do something big , " Mrs. Boggs replied . She was the wife of Boggs , the real estate man . " I knew he would be a great man some day , if he ever got a chance . " § 4 At the close of the jovial Christmas season we find ...
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... knew less about the navy than the average man knows of astronomy . The whole business of the cabinet appointments was wrapped in mystery until after the inauguration . This secrecy deeply offended the leaders of the Republican party ...
... knew less about the navy than the average man knows of astronomy . The whole business of the cabinet appointments was wrapped in mystery until after the inauguration . This secrecy deeply offended the leaders of the Republican party ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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