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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, William C., 1946- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Velazquez, Loreta Janeta, > 1842-1923.
Women soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Male impersonators > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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"
  • The appearance of "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.