Inventing Loreta Velasquez

Confererate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrtity, and Con Artist

William C. Davis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

277 Seiten

2016
Southern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8093-3522-0 (ISBN)

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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.

William C. Davis is the author or editor of more than fifty books on the Civil War. His work has received the Jefferson Davis Award, the Fletcher Pratt Award, the Jules Landry Award, and the Richard Nelson Current Award. He served as a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the executive director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies until his retirement in 2013."

Erscheinungsdatum	22.10.2016
Verlagsort	Carbondale
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	642 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8093-3522-0 / 0809335220
ISBN-13	978-0-8093-3522-0 / 9780809335220
Zustand	Neuware