General de KalbUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1966 - 251 էջ Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette. |
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... young man was leaving the University of Leipzig and was traveling on foot to Paris when he was kidnaped by some of the Duke of Hesse's agents . They tore up his identification papers and then sold him to England along with hundreds of ...
... young man was leaving the University of Leipzig and was traveling on foot to Paris when he was kidnaped by some of the Duke of Hesse's agents . They tore up his identification papers and then sold him to England along with hundreds of ...
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... young men for service as soldiers . The following , related by Carlyle in his biography of Frederick the Great , can perhaps be the tale to end all kidnaping tales.10 In the town of Jülich there lived and worked a tall young carpenter ...
... young men for service as soldiers . The following , related by Carlyle in his biography of Frederick the Great , can perhaps be the tale to end all kidnaping tales.10 In the town of Jülich there lived and worked a tall young carpenter ...
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... young girl then has the right to refuse the young man if he does not suit her . The young people of different sexes never take the opportunity of seeing each other or speaking to each other privately , much less in public . The children ...
... young girl then has the right to refuse the young man if he does not suit her . The young people of different sexes never take the opportunity of seeing each other or speaking to each other privately , much less in public . The children ...
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