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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It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud flaking from their wheels , of shotguns and hunting dogs , of silent women bending over the fires of cooking , with the smoke blowing ...
It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud flaking from their wheels , of shotguns and hunting dogs , of silent women bending over the fires of cooking , with the smoke blowing ...
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Within five years after Whitney had puttered over his contrivance , the entire South blazed with the energy of new lands and new fortunes . White cotton fields appeared on the red soil of the upland counties .
Within five years after Whitney had puttered over his contrivance , the entire South blazed with the energy of new lands and new fortunes . White cotton fields appeared on the red soil of the upland counties .
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Texas bonds and land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civilization : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful ...
Texas bonds and land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civilization : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
GRANT FALLS IN LOVE | 55 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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