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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... nature , it was destined soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of ... natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses § 4 21 ...
... nature , it was destined soon to pass away . By the time young Ulysses had grown into a lad , the men and women of ... natural aptitude . Many a good farm - hand was spoiled through dallying with law - books . Love of Horses § 4 21 ...
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... nature to be a soldier . He knew how to organize armies , how to make friends with his men and how to plan campaigns , but he could not win battles . He could do everything else about war except just that . He was like a man who ...
... nature to be a soldier . He knew how to organize armies , how to make friends with his men and how to plan campaigns , but he could not win battles . He could do everything else about war except just that . He was like a man who ...
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... nature to bear at any rate , it was too much for the nature of husky stevedores to bear . On Monday morning before ten o'clock bullets were whistling down Third Avenue and the conscription office at the corner of Forty - sixth Street ...
... nature to bear at any rate , it was too much for the nature of husky stevedores to bear . On Monday morning before ten o'clock bullets were whistling down Third Avenue and the conscription office at the corner of Forty - sixth Street ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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