Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confererate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrtity, and Con Artist by William C. Davis
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.