Meet General GrantH. Liveright, 1928 - 512 pages Amerikansk 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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... district- a man named Thomas L. Hamer - was a Democrat , while Jesse Grant was a Whig of violent mind who had ... district and the next election , he saw a politician's chance to stop the mouth of at least one rabid opponent . So his ...
... district- a man named Thomas L. Hamer - was a Democrat , while Jesse Grant was a Whig of violent mind who had ... district and the next election , he saw a politician's chance to stop the mouth of at least one rabid opponent . So his ...
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... district . He was a shrewd politician who did not want his constituents to get an impression that he had gone to sleep in Washington . That is how it happened that Grant read one day in a St. Louis newspaper that he had been made a ...
... district . He was a shrewd politician who did not want his constituents to get an impression that he had gone to sleep in Washington . That is how it happened that Grant read one day in a St. Louis newspaper that he had been made a ...
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... district , Albert Sidney Johnston , had his headquarters at Bowling Green , with 14,000 men . As soon as Fort Donelson was threatened General Johnston abandoned Bowling Green , but instead of going to the relief of Donelson he marched ...
... district , Albert Sidney Johnston , had his headquarters at Bowling Green , with 14,000 men . As soon as Fort Donelson was threatened General Johnston abandoned Bowling Green , but instead of going to the relief of Donelson he marched ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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