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| Bücher Gruppe : Anglikanischer Bischof (19. Jahrhundert): Frederick Temple, Connop Thirlwall, William Dalrymple Maclagan, Samuel Wilberforce, Henry Callaway (German Edition) | |
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Anglikanischer Bischof (19. Jahrhundert): Frederick Temple, Connop Thirlwall, William Dalrymple Maclagan, Samuel Wilberforce, Henry Callaway (German Edition) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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64 |
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2010-07-22 |
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115890049X |
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Books LLC |
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0.23 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.12 inches |
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Kapitel: Frederick Temple, Connop Thirlwall, William Dalrymple Maclagan, Samuel Wilberforce, Henry Callaway, Thomas Vowler Short, Thomas Burgess, Alfred George Edwards, Percy Jocelyn, Randall Thomas Davidson, Alexander Viets Griswold, Leonidas Polk, Arthur Green, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Brooke Foss Westcott, James Hannington, John Owen, Samuel Butler, Thomas Turton, John Graham, John Richard Darley, Alexander Ewing. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 - June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. He also served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and was for that reason known as The Fighting Bishop. Polk was one of the more controversial political generals of the war, elevated to a high military position with no prior combat experience because of his friendship with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He fought as a corps commander in many of the major battles of the Western Theater, but is remembered more for his bitter disagreements with his immediate superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg of the Army of Tennessee, than for his successes in combat. He was killed in action in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Sarah (Hawkins) Polk and Colonel William Polk, a Revolutionary War veteran and prosperous planter. Capitalizing on his position as chief surveyor of the central district of Tennessee, William was able to acquire about 100,000 acres of land. Polk attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill briefly before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. During his senior year, he joined the Episcopal Church, baptized in the Academy Chapel by Chaplain Charles P. McIlvaine, who later became the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio. Polk had an impressive academic record, excelling in rhetoric and moral philo...http://booksllc.net/?l=de
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