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David James Duncan

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Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist (William C. Davis - W) grant are rivetingby William C. Davis She went by many namesMary Ann Keith, Ann Williams, Lauretta Williams, and morebut 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 life of one of Americas early celebrities, peeling back the myths she herself created to reveal a startling and even more implausible reality.