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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... stood sixteenth . In the second year he held the tenth place in mathematics among the fifty - three men remaining in his class . This year he stood forty - fourth in French , and forty - sixth in ethics . There were two or three other ...
... stood sixteenth . In the second year he held the tenth place in mathematics among the fifty - three men remaining in his class . This year he stood forty - fourth in French , and forty - sixth in ethics . There were two or three other ...
Page 96
... stood just outside the walls of the city . Grant borrowed a howitzer from an artillery unit , and , with the aid of a few soldiers , succeeded in getting it up the stone stairs and into the steeple . The priest stood at the door in his ...
... stood just outside the walls of the city . Grant borrowed a howitzer from an artillery unit , and , with the aid of a few soldiers , succeeded in getting it up the stone stairs and into the steeple . The priest stood at the door in his ...
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... stood smiling while Grant went through the rooms and looked at the plush furniture , the heavy chairs , the gilt clock , the photograph of Lincoln , the ornate Bible on the marble - topped parlor table , the steel engraving of a Stag at ...
... stood smiling while Grant went through the rooms and looked at the plush furniture , the heavy chairs , the gilt clock , the photograph of Lincoln , the ornate Bible on the marble - topped parlor table , the steel engraving of a Stag at ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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