The Memoirs of Jean Laffite: From Le Journal de Jean Laffite - Paperback
by Jean Laffite
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gene Marshall (Translator), Jean LaffitePublish date:2000-04-10Pages:194
Language:EnglishPublisher:Xlibris UsISBN-13:9780738812533ISBN-10:738812536UPC:9780738812533Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Military, Memoirs, HistoricalSize:8.58 x 5.40 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCCRMVQDBT
The Memoirs of Jean Laffite: From Le Journal de Jean Laffite
Jean Laffite was born in Santo Domingo and raised by a Spanish-Jewish grandmother who instilled in him a hatred for the Spanish Crown and those who served it. Later this hatred grew to include the British. Following in the footsteps of his eldest brother Alexandre, Jean and his brother Pierre became privateers for France under the command of their uncle Rene Beluchai. Laffite describes in detail...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Xlibris UsISBN-13:9780738812533ISBN-10:738812536UPC:9780738812533Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Military, Memoirs, HistoricalSize:8.58 x 5.40 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCCRMVQDBT
A liking for colorful characters, including history professors, and a weakness for barbecued chicken, led Gene Marshall, an associate professor of languages at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to a conversation at a McNeese State History Department picnic with Dr. Tom Watson, recently retired Head, about a manuscript in French alleged to have been written by Jean Laffite....
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