num_pages: 209
description: Jean Laffite has been called everything from a blood thirsty pirate to a gentleman corsair. Tales of his adventures, fights, and buried treasure have been told, fictionalized and made into movies. He smuggled slaves with Jim Bowie and fought beside Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. The author traces Laffite's life from his birth to his days at Barataria and to his final years on Galveston and Mujeres Islands. Index and Endnotes. 209 pages. Eakin Press.
language: English
title: Jean Laffite: Prince of Pirates
titlecomplete: Jean Laffite: Prince of Pirates
genres: History, Pirates, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Eakin Pr