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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... officers , and these are so few in number that a special education in mathematics might be provided for them without forcing every infantry officer to flounder through Descartes and Newton . It is true , indeed , that mathematics is the ...
... officers , and these are so few in number that a special education in mathematics might be provided for them without forcing every infantry officer to flounder through Descartes and Newton . It is true , indeed , that mathematics is the ...
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... officers and acquire a Mexican mistress ? As to the last question , we may be allowed a strong presump- tion that he ... officers and soldiers in Scott's army were drinkers . Intoxication was a custom of the time , and was not ...
... officers and acquire a Mexican mistress ? As to the last question , we may be allowed a strong presump- tion that he ... officers and soldiers in Scott's army were drinkers . Intoxication was a custom of the time , and was not ...
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... officers turned it into a kind of lounging room . In one of the dusky corners in the back of the store stood a barrel of whisky . The hospitable proprietor invited the officers to serve themselves . The barrel was always miraculously ...
... officers turned it into a kind of lounging room . In one of the dusky corners in the back of the store stood a barrel of whisky . The hospitable proprietor invited the officers to serve themselves . The barrel was always miraculously ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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