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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The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
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Thus the donors learned , to their astonishment , that he did not own a military book of any kind . And he says himself : Some of our generals failed because they worked out everything by rule .
Thus the donors learned , to their astonishment , that he did not own a military book of any kind . And he says himself : Some of our generals failed because they worked out everything by rule .
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In the meantime , the governor was distributing military commissions right and left to men who knew nothing whatever about army organization . These untrained officers got in the habit of coming to Grant and asking him what to do .
In the meantime , the governor was distributing military commissions right and left to men who knew nothing whatever about army organization . These untrained officers got in the habit of coming to Grant and asking him what to do .
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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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