Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confererate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrtity, and Con Artist

by William C Davis

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This groundbreaking biography of Loreta Janeta Velasquez delves into the life of one of America's early celebrities. She claimed to have posed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, but this book reveals a startling reality that's even more implausible than the myths she created.
  • ISBN13 9780809335220
  • Publish Date 24 October 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 277
  • Language English