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Chargement... The Story of the Philippines (2013)par Murat Halstead
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. teaming across Manila Bay from Cavite to the city on an energetic ferry-boat, scanning the wrecks of the Spanish fleet still visible where the fated ships went down, one of them bearing on a strip of canvas the legible words "Remember the 'Maine,'" the talk being of Dewey's great May-day, we were passing the famous flag-ship of the squadron that was ordered to destroy another squadron, and did it, incidentally gathering in hand the keys of an empire in the Indies for America, because the American victor was an extraordinary man, who saw the immensity of the opportunity and improved it to the utmost, some one said: "There is the Admiral now, on the quarter-deck under the awning—the man in white, sitting alone!" The American Consul at Manila was aboard the ferry-boat, and said to the captain he would like to speak to the Admiral. The course was changed a point, and then a pause, when the Consul called, "Admiral!" And the man in white stepped to the rail and responded pleasantly to the greeting—the Consul saying: "Shall we not see you ashore now?" "No," said the man in white, in a clear voice; "I shall not go ashore unless I have to." Some one said: "This would be a good chance to go. Come with us." ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Murat Halstead (1829-1908) was a nineteenth century American journalist, editor and author. He studied law and graduated from Farmer's college in 1851, then worked on the weekly paper Columbian and Great West. In 1865 he became the editor of the Commercial. Then he moved to New York City where he published stories in the Cosmopolitan Monthly and served as an editor for the Brooklyn Standard Union. His works include: Life and Distinguished Services of Hon. William McKinley and the Great Issues of 1896 (1896), The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions (1898), The Story of Cuba: Her Struggles for Liberty (1898), Pictorial History of America's New Possessions: The Isthmian Canals and the Problem of Expansion (1899), The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey From Montpelier to Manila, Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City (1900), Briton and Boer in South Africa (1900), Aguinaldo and His Captor (1901) and The Life of Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Fifth President of the United States (1902). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)959.9History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia The PhilippinesClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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