Jean Lafitte Bibliography

Jean Lafitte Bibliography

Compiled August 1, 2004 by Ganey Arsement and Pati Threatt
Last updated: 04/02/2009

All locations refer to McNeese State University, Frazar Memorial Library.

Materials in the Archives and Special Collections Department do not circulate.

Books | Journal articles | Websites

Books

Albright, Harry. New Orleans -- The Battle of the Bayous. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1990

Arthur, Stanley Clisby. Old New Orleans. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1990.

Arthur, Stanley Clisby. Jean Laffite: Gentleman Rover. New Orleans: Harmanson, 1952.

Location: F 374 .L125 (Main Stacks)

Beater, Jack. Pirates and Buried Treasure. St. Petersburg, FL: Great Outdoors, 1959.

Davis, Edwin Adams. Louisiana: A Narrative History. Baton Rouge: Claitor's, 1971.

Location: F 369 .D24 1971 (Main Stacks)

Epperson, Jean. Lost Spanish Towns. Hemphill, TX: Dogwood Press, 1996.

Location: F 394 .A83 E66 1997 (Main Stacks)

Epperson, Jean. Historical Vignettes of Galveston Bay. Hemphill, TX. Dogwood Press, 1995.

Location: F 392 .G25 E66 1995C (Main Stacks)

Hunter, Theresa Moore. The saga of Jean Lafitte; word portraits of a picturesque southern pirate: History and romance of the Texas coast. Naylor, 1940.

Location: F374 .L15 (Main Stacks)

Lafitte, Jean. The journal of Jean Laffite : the privateer-patriot's own story. Hemphill, TX: Dogwood Press, 1994.

Location: F 374 .L123 (Special Collections)

Location: F 374 .L123 1999 (Main Stacks &Special Collections )

Ramsay, Jr., Jack C. Jean Laffite, Prince of Pirates. Austin: Eakin Press, 1996.

Location: F 374 .L176 1996 (Main Stacks)

Saxon, Lyle. Lafitte the Pirate. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1989.

Saxon, Lyle. Lafitte the Pirate. New York: Appleton-Century, 1930.

Location: F374 .L18 (Main Stacks & Special Collections)

Saxon, Lyle; Tallant, Robert; Dryer, Edward. Gumbo Ya-Ya - A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales. New York: Bonanza Books, 1975.

Saxon, Lyle. Gumbo Ya-Ya - A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales. New York: Bonanza Books, 1984.

Location: GR110.L5 (Main Stacks)

Serpas, Paul. Tales of Louisiana Treasure. Baton Rouge: Claitor, 1967.

Location: G530 .S518 (Main Stacks)

Tallant, Robert. The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1998.

Tallant, Robert. The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans. New York: Random House, 1951.

Location: 92 LAF (Farrar Hall Materials Center Juvenile Non-Fiction Collection)

Thompson, Ray M. The Land of Lafitte the Pirate. New Orleans: Jefferson Parish Yearly Review, 1943.

Location: F374 .L183 (Special Collections)

Location: F374 .L17 (Main Stacks & Special Collections)

Wittler, Nola Mae. Pioneers of Calcasieu Parish: Volume I. Lake Charles, LA: Knight, 1987.

Location: F377.C2 R67 (Main Stacks & Special Collections)

Journal and Newspaper articles

Black, James T. “Living Lafitte's legacy.” Southern Living, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Feb. 1994), pp. 16-18.

Costello, Brian J. “Relatives of Jean and Pierre Lafitte in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.” Louisiana Genealogical Register, Vol. 50, No. 1 (March 2003) pp. 60-61.

Gerbel, Christine Levet. “Information from the family of Jean Lafitte, Buccaneer.” New Orleans Genesis, Vol. 40, No. 158 (April 2001), pp. 101-105.

Haymon, Ava Leavell. “Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte.” Louisiana English Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1999), pp. 34

Kamenetz, Rodger. “A Jewish pirate.” Louisiana Literature, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Fall 1993), pp. 21-24.

Landry, James P. “The legacy of a pirate.” New Orleans Genesis, Vol. 37, No. 148 (Oct. 1998), pp. 303-306.

Stagg, Sheila. “Jean Lafitte: Pirate and patriot (Learning about the Acadian culture).” Acadiana Profile, Vol. 19, No. 5(May/June 1999). pp. 40

Stahls, Paul F. Jr. “The many faces of Jean Lafitte.” New Orleans Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 8 (April 1989), pp. 50-53.

Vogel, Robert C. “Jean Laffite, the Baratarians, and the battle of New Orleans: A reappraisal.” Louisiana History, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Summer 2000), pp. 261-276.

Websites

Alcock Family Tree http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=swla2002 . Provides a partial genealogy of Lafitte.

W.T. Block: Historian http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/ . Articles about Jean Lafitte, written by W.T. Block. Once such article is entitled “Lafitte’s men captured our imagination for years.”

FrenchQuarter.com's article on Laffite by Sally Reeves available at: http://www.frenchquarter.com/history/jeanlaffitte.php .

Gateway New Orleans. http://gatewayno.com/history/Lafitte.html. A brief history of Jean Lafitte and some information about the Jean Lafitte national park.

Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/print/BB/fbo46.html . This entry for Rezin Pleasant Bowie mentions the link between Bowie and Lafitte, written by William R. Williamson.

The Laffite Society http://www.thelaffitesociety.com/ . The Laffite Society aims to educate and distribute information concerning the Laffites and their historical times. This site includes a FAQ and Bibliography.

Louisiana Voices http://www.louisianavoices.org/Unit5/edu_ss148_legend_brooch.html . The Louisiana Voices site features a legend of Jean Lafitte by Wendell Lindsay, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Pirate and Patriot. http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/lafitte/1.html?sect=18. Crime writer Joseph Geringer writes about the history of Jean Lafitte.

Pirates and Privateers http://www.cindyvallar.com/patriotpirate.html . Pirates and Privateers mentions a brief history of some famous privateers and pirates, including Jean Lafitte.

Texas Hurricane History http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/txearly19hur.htm . Texas Hurricane History gives an account of the hurricane on September 12-14, 1818 and the involvement of Jean Lafitte.

Wikipedia entry on Jean Laffite available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte .

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