The Pirates Laffite : The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf

Traces the lives of cooperative privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite against a backdrop of the period between the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812, describing their trade in contraband goods, their rivalry with Spanish merchants, their key membership in a corrupt New Orleans syndicate, and their work as paid spies. Reprint. 35,000 first printin