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The few Mexican inhabitants of Corpus Christi were tremendously excited by the sudden appearance of Manifest Destiny in their midst . Nobody in the village had ever possessed more than five dollars in cash , but they had chickens ...
The few Mexican inhabitants of Corpus Christi were tremendously excited by the sudden appearance of Manifest Destiny in their midst . Nobody in the village had ever possessed more than five dollars in cash , but they had chickens ...
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As soon as Grant appeared on board he “ fell ill , ” to use Dana's refined language . He was so ill that he tumbled into a berth and lay there like a dead man . As they came near Satartia a Federal gunboat met them , and Dana learned ...
As soon as Grant appeared on board he “ fell ill , ” to use Dana's refined language . He was so ill that he tumbled into a berth and lay there like a dead man . As they came near Satartia a Federal gunboat met them , and Dana learned ...
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I The following is a reproduction of an editorial which appeared in the Louisville Commercial on March 26 ... Badeau's latest appearance before the public , as all his previous ones have been , is due to a member of the Grant family .
I The following is a reproduction of an editorial which appeared in the Louisville Commercial on March 26 ... Badeau's latest appearance before the public , as all his previous ones have been , is due to a member of the Grant family .
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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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