Lieutenant nun memoir of a Basque transvestite in the New World /
One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Pe...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English Spanish |
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Boston, MA :
Beacon Press,
c1996.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Summary: | One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly killed her own brother in a duel. During her lifetime she emerged as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work introduces a new audience to her audacious escapades. |
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Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed October 28, 2014). |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlvii, 80 p.) |