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Loreta Janeta Velazquez: Cuban Confederate Soldier

A. Garcia

Lieutenant Harry T. Buford was a respected Confederate soldier who fought in four major battles during the Civil War and later became a double agent spying for the Southern cause. However, Lieutenant Buford was actually Loreta Janeta Velazquez! Velazquez was a Cuban woman living in New Orleans, who disguised herself as a man in order to experience freedoms otherwise unattainable to her. This captivating book explores her unconventional life as a soldier, a spy, and a Latina in the American South who lived life on her own terms. Gr. 5-9

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Full-color Photographs Further Reading Glossary Index Timelines Web sites 48 pages 7-1/4" x 9-1/4" ©20