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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... person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them . . . dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage . He preached against the demon rum to all who ...
... person , and a slave to duty . He had rules , and lived up to them . . . dry , ascetic rules . The first of them was never to indulge in whisky , beer , wine or any other alcoholic beverage . He preached against the demon rum to all who ...
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... person , but a force , like God or electricity . His lack of modernism is astonishing . His ideas about every- thing but warfare were antiquated , but in that branch of knowl- edge he was thoroughly up to date . He heard that his daugh ...
... person , but a force , like God or electricity . His lack of modernism is astonishing . His ideas about every- thing but warfare were antiquated , but in that branch of knowl- edge he was thoroughly up to date . He heard that his daugh ...
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... persons of some consequence the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . She belonged to the Household herself . Jesse ... person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have been hard to resist . • · The young ...
... persons of some consequence the ladies- and gentlemen - in - waiting . She belonged to the Household herself . Jesse ... person , evidently , as the temptation to throw something at his head must have been hard to resist . • · The young ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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