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Woodward has a “ feel ” both for Grant and for the South . This combination of sympathies is surprising , for Woodward was a Southerner , born to dirt farmers , just before the end of Reconstruction . He won a scholarship to The Citadel ...
Woodward has a “ feel ” both for Grant and for the South . This combination of sympathies is surprising , for Woodward was a Southerner , born to dirt farmers , just before the end of Reconstruction . He won a scholarship to The Citadel ...
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1 was Hinton Rowan Helper , a North Carolinian , and the title of his book was The Impending Crisis in the South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own ...
1 was Hinton Rowan Helper , a North Carolinian , and the title of his book was The Impending Crisis in the South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own ...
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Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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