The Confederate Female Spy. a Southern Woman in Disguise: Otherwise Known As Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army [Special Illustrated Edition]
Author | : Loreta Janeta VELAZQUEZ |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-11-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 110520801X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781105208010 |
Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: If I expected by this story of my adventures to achieve any literary reputation, I might be disposed, on account of its many faults of style, to ask the indulgence of those who will do me the honor to undertake its perusal. As, however, I only attempted authorship because I had, as others assured me, and as I myself believed, something to tell that was worth telling, I have been more concerned about the matter than the manner of my book, and I hope that the narrative will prove of sufficient interest to compensate for a lack of literary elegance in setting forth. Mine has been a life too busily occupied in other matters for me to cultivate the graces of authorship; and the best I can hope to do is to relate my story with simplicity and truth, and then let it find its fate, whether it be praise or condemnation.