Michael’s Reviews > The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf > Status Update

It gets better toward the end. It seemed to be on autopilot briefly with the ongoing games between the brothers Lafitte, and those trying to be in authority in the new state of Louisiana. The Lafitte enterprises extended to helping found civilization onto Galveston in 1818, replacing a temporary camp that had been there for a short while. A brief non-government French settlement on the Texas side of the Sabine.

This definitely illustrates that older brother Pierre was very often the brains, or the chief facilitator in the numerous dealings of the Lafittes -- and there were plenty of them.
However, Jean was the boss of early Galveston while both were spies for Spain, fighting against Latin American insurgents. That didn't last but a few years until Spanish authorities tired of Lafitte-style gamesmanship. Intrigue was thick.

Some of the chapters are too long, and more maps would help. It can be hard to imagine, unless you’ve been down in the bayou country. Terrific research, however.

Lots of detail, but focused on the subject of the brothers, and their adventures. Details of the Battle of New Orleans are probably best read elsewhere, but the locals made good use of the waterways, and the British lacked adequate bayou knowledge.

I took shore leave from The Pirates Lafitte to read The Wife You Know by Chad Zunker, and finished it. That was a good one, too.
The Pirates Lafitte is evolving past "discussions" with the British and Americans about picking sides, and terms, for allying with either one, and maintaining business. It wouldn't be as usual, either way. Pirating can be so messy.

There's a Smokey And The Bandit sort of mirror here, but it's all long before motorized vehicles, on boats, and all around the waterways that surround New Orleans. The maps don't tell you all about them, but they're there.

There's a Smokey And The Bandit sort of mirror here, but it's all long before motorized vehicles, on boats, and all around the waterways that surround New Orleans. The maps don't tell you all about them, but they're there.

There's a Smokey And The Bandit sort of mirror here, but it's all long before motorized vehicles, on boats, and all around the waterways that surround New Orleans. The maps don't tell you all about them, but they're there.

There's a Smokey And The Bandit sort of mirror here, but it's all long before motorized vehicles, on boats, and all around the waterways that surround New Orleans. The maps don't tell you all about them, but they're there.

There's a Smokey And The Bandit sort of mirror here, but it's all long before motorized vehicles, on boats, and all around the waterways that surround New Orleans. The maps don't tell you all about them, but they're there.