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 235
... paper money was at par — until July , 1861 - and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
... paper money was at par — until July , 1861 - and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
Page 273
... paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a specified time in the future , constituted a startling innovation in Ameri- can government finance . The greenback paper dollar ...
... paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a specified time in the future , constituted a startling innovation in Ameri- can government finance . The greenback paper dollar ...
Page 385
... paper and drew a skull in red ink at the top of the sheet . On the paper I wrote in a childish scrawl : " John Woolley . God damn your soul , " and continued with this rhyme : Here's your coffin and spade ; In your grave you'll soon be ...
... paper and drew a skull in red ink at the top of the sheet . On the paper I wrote in a childish scrawl : " John Woolley . God damn your soul , " and continued with this rhyme : Here's your coffin and spade ; In your grave you'll soon be ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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