Lafitte the Pirate

by Lyle Saxon

Overview

Lyle Saxon's superbly written account examines Lafitte's fascinating career and frees the truth of the pirate's life from the web of fantastic myths which grew up around him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882893952
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/30/1989
Series:	Southern Library Series
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	1,001,522
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the regionís literary community, and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Father Mississippi, Lafitte the Pirate, and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans, Old Louisiana, The Friends of Joe Gilmore, and was a co-author of Gumbo Ya-Ya, with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression, he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.