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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... thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he wanted to live in New York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York ...
... thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he wanted to live in New York , where five thousand dollars , even at that time , did not go very far . But something was being done by his friends . George W. Jones , proprietor of the New York ...
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... thousand dollars , and that , too , was discounted . • Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no interest in the source of their prosperity . One of the General's ...
... thousand dollars , and that , too , was discounted . • Ward was an expert in human avarice . He understood clearly that as long as investors get dividends they have no interest in the source of their prosperity . One of the General's ...
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... thousand copies , but they were not willing to guarantee anything . Clemens says he told the General that " the Century offer was simply absurd and should not be considered for an instant . " Grant admitted that he did not know anything ...
... thousand copies , but they were not willing to guarantee anything . Clemens says he told the General that " the Century offer was simply absurd and should not be considered for an instant . " Grant admitted that he did not know anything ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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