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 405
... Railroad . During the Civil War there was much discussion in the North about the need of a railroad across the continent to connect California with the east , and before the war was over a company was formed for the purpose of building ...
... Railroad . During the Civil War there was much discussion in the North about the need of a railroad across the continent to connect California with the east , and before the war was over a company was formed for the purpose of building ...
Page 428
... Railroad was put through the South Carolina legislature . This railroad never existed ; it was a sort of chartered ghost owned by lead- ing Radicals and carpet - baggers . The backers of the scheme lacked the delicate suavity of Oakes ...
... Railroad was put through the South Carolina legislature . This railroad never existed ; it was a sort of chartered ghost owned by lead- ing Radicals and carpet - baggers . The backers of the scheme lacked the delicate suavity of Oakes ...
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... railroad dishes in Florida was very capacious and the spoon of unusual size . The state decided to help the Jacksonville , Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company build its line . The Republican legislature willingly voted $ 2,800,000 in ...
... railroad dishes in Florida was very capacious and the spoon of unusual size . The state decided to help the Jacksonville , Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company build its line . The Republican legislature willingly voted $ 2,800,000 in ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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