The Laffite Study Group Newsletter (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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Founded in 1975 by Robert C. Vogel, the Laffite Study Group is a non-profit educational organization which aims to promote research and the dissemination of knowledge about Jean Laffite. Primary focus of interest is Jean Laffite's role in American history, folklore and literature
New Laffite Biography Needed
Since Jean Laffite was such a colorful historic character, it may well seem odd that no one has written a new biography of him in more than thirty years
The Laffite Network
LSG members Jack Holmes and Robert Vogel will be participants in a session on "Piracy in Colonial Times" at the Gulf Coast History and Humanities Conference in Mobile, Alabama, on 10 March, 1989
Publications of Interest
Galveston: A HistoryGrace King: A Southern DestinyHurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast: 1717 to PresentPirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-180
Lost At Sea: Cassandra Van Pradelles
The following interesting tidbit of Laffite lore was gleaned from the collections of the Walilsville Heritage Park, Walilsville, Texas 77597
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park
The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve was established by Congress in 1978 to preserve the natural and cultural resources of the Mississippi Delta Region
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The Laffite Study Group is a non-profit membership organization for persons interested in Jean Laffite's role in American history, literature and folklore
"Treasure Trove" Classic Laffite Lore
In this broad land we question if there is a single man who would openly endorse piracy, yet since the disappearance of the pirate Lafitte from the Gulf, there have been more or less men eagerly engaged in the search for his ill-gotten gains supposed to be hidden somewhere on this Gulf coast
Napolean Junior
The following item appeared in the Louisiana Gazette (New Orleans) on Thursday 18 August 1814