The pirates Laffite : the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf /

Jean and Pierre Laffite's lives were intertwined with the most colorful period in New Orleans' history, the era from just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812. Labeled as corsairs and buccaneers for methods that bordered on piracy, the brothers ran a privateering cooperativ...

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Main Author:	Davis, William C., 1946- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2005]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Laffite, Jean. Laffite, Pierre, > -1826? Laffite, Pierre, > d. 1826? Laffite, Jean Laffite, Pierre, > -1826?. Lafitte, Pierre. Pirates > Louisiana > Biography. Pirates > Mexico, Gulf of > Biography. Privateering > Mexico, Gulf of > History > 19th century. New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815. Louisiana > History > 1803-1865 > Biography. Mexico, Gulf of > History > 19th century. Louisiana > history. West Indies > history. Pirates > Louisiane > Biographies. Pirates > Mexique, Golfe du > Biographies. Bataille de La Nouvelle-Orléans, La Nouvelle-Orléans, Louis., 1815. Louisiane > Histoire > 1803-1865 > Biographies. Mexique, Golfe du > Histoire > 19e siècle. Pirates Privateering Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Louisiana > New Orleans Seeräuberei Golf von Mexiko Zeeroverij. Zeerovers. Pirates > Gulf of Mexico > Biography. Privateering > Gulf of Mexico > History. Louisiana > History > Biography. Gulf of Mexico > History. New Orleans (La.) > Schlacht. 1800-1899 Biography Nonfiction. collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies.
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by Davis, William C., 1946-
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