Inventing Loreta Velasquez : Confederate soldier impersonator, media celebrity, and con artist /

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"She went by many names--Mary Ann Keith, Ann Williams, Lauretta Williams, and more--but history knows her best as Loreta Janeta Velasquez, a woman who claimed to have posed as a man to fight for the Confederacy. In Inventing Loreta Velasquez, acclaimed historian William C. Davis delves into the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, William C., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, > 1842-1923.
1861-1865
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > Biography.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Male impersonators > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Women soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Femmes journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Réformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Actrices travesties > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
Femmes militaires > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Celebrities.
Male impersonators.
Swindlers and swindling.
Women journalists.
Women social reformers.
Women soldiers.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mysteries on Mysteries
  • Who Was She?
  • "Heroine in a Fix"
  • The Summer of Harry Buford
  • "In Secret Service"
  • "Win My Glory Back"
  • "You Will Learn A Little More of Me"
  • Lost Months in the Shadows
  • The Return of Mrs. DeCaulp
  • Gold, Silver, and Bigamy
  • "An Imposter of No Ordinary Rank"
  • Enter "Madame Velasquez"
  • The Woman in Battle
  • Embattled Woman
  • "She is a Promoter"
  • The First Big Cons
  • "I Have Never Met Her Equal"
  • "The Old Battle Light"
  • Legend, Legacy, and Legerdemain.

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