Jean Laffite revealed : unraveling one of America's longest-running mysteries /
Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One of America's Longest Running Mysteries takes a fresh look at the various myths and legends surrounding the life and death of one of the last great pirates, Jean Laffite, exploring the theory that Laffite faked his death in the early 1820s and reentered the...
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Lafayette :
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Louisiana, Texas, and the Gulf. The Birth of a Pirate ; The Bayous of Barataria ; The Battle of New Orleans ; The Emperor and the Brotherhood ; Arsène Latour and the Web of Intrigue ; Reclaimed Glory at Galveston ; The (Fake) Death of a Pirate ; The "Journal" of Jean Laffite
- Mississippi. The Land of Cotton ; New Bearings ; Keeping Up with the Hendersons
- North Carolina. A Pirate Comes to Lincolnton ; Seeds of Infidelity ; Les Deux Français ; From the Desk of Jean Laffite ; The Last Will and Testament of Lorenzo Ferrer ; Laffite's Treasure ; The Search for Artifacts ; Clear View in the Rearview.