The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World Of The Corsairs Of The Gulf - Rilegato

Davis, William C.

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ISBN 10: 015100403X ISBN 13: 9780151004034

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Riassunto

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 cooperative that provided contraband goods to a hungry market and made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Later they became important members of a syndicate in New Orleans that included lawyers, bankers, merchants, and corrupt U.S. officials. But this allegiance didn't stop them from becoming paid Spanish spies, handing over information about the syndicate's plans and selling out their own associates.

In 1820 the Laffites disappeared into the fog of history from which they had emerged, but not before becoming folk heroes in French Louisiana and making their names synonymous with piracy and intrigue on the Gulf.

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PRAISE FOR AN HONORABLE DEFEAT
"Once again [William C. Davis] has reminded us that American history is not all black and white, or blue and gray-that, especially within the doomed Confederacy, the shading of character ran from nobility to absurdity." -THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"A story rich in pathos and humor." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

L'autore:

The author of more than forty books, WILLIAM C. DAVIS is the director of programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He is also chief consultant for the A&E television series Civil War Journal and teaches history at Virginia Tech. He lives in Virginia.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 015100403X
• ISBN 13: 9780151004034
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 706