Inventing Loreta Velasquez Confederate soldier impersonator, media celebrity, and con artist
"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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press
[2016]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35864795*spi |
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.
