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

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


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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.

About the Author :
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."

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"Truth is not only stranger than fiction; often, it's even more fun. In Inventing Loreta Velasquez, William C. Davis reconstructs a fascinating life--not of the female Civil War veteran Velasquez was believed to be but of a pathological liar whose main accomplishment in life was hoodwinking the press and the public. Her true story is entertaining on every page."--Christina Vella, author of George Washington Carver: A Life "William C. Davis has done a masterly job of recovering the true story of a much misunderstood figure. Inventing Loreta Velasquez offers the drama of a detective story built on a foundation of superior scholarship. At one stroke, this book sweeps away a century and a half of confusion, misrepresentation, and inaccuracy. Academic and lay readers alike should welcome this exceptional study of a truly compelling character."--Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War "William C. Davis's Inventing Loreta Velasquez is a masterpiece of historical investigation. Relentlessly dismantling the myths surrounding her controversial life, Davis provides indisputable evidence that Loreta's gender-bending claim to be a noble and patriotic Confederate soldier and spy was little more than a tissue of lies, deceptions, and misdirection. From the pages of this compelling book, Velasquez emerges as a decidedly less salubrious heroine but still a fascinating figure. A great addition to the Civil War bookshelf!"--Joan Waugh, author of U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth "No longer should historians ever rely on The Woman in Battle when they write about women in combat or women and the Civil War. From this point forward, those who wish to know the story of "Loreta Janeta Velazquez" should turn to Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist."--Civil War News "Inventing Loreta Velasquez promises to unpack and demolish the myths surrounding her controversial life. In Davis' story she is hardly the patriotic Rebel soldier and spy she claimed to be on her resume, but nonetheless emerges in some ways an even more fascinating figure."--The Civil War Monitor "Civil War scholar William C. Davis writes [this book] with urgency and flair, managing to make a cliffhanger out of history, in his quest to pin down the woman behind the legend. In his investigation, Davis discovers a story of media savvy, celebrity, and spin that could be ripped from today's headlines. . . . Davis's thorough, surprising research exhumes the historical Velasquez, bringing to life a troubled, determined person who knew how to manipulate and titillate better than the best."--Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers in Foreword Reviews


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780809335220
  • Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Sub Title: Confererate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrtity, and Con Artist
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0809335220
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 642 gr


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