William C Davis

Gebundenes Buch

Inventing Loreta Velasquez

Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780809335220
• ISBN-10: 0809335220
• Artikelnr.: 44032913