Download or read book Jean Lafitte My Grandfather written by Blyght Wunstell and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working on genealogy and family history for many years, I believe I have discovered who Jean Lafitte really is and history has been modified.
Download or read book The Daughter of Jean Lafitte written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of Jean Laffite written by Jean Laffite and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of New Orleans: Dec., 1814 British troops were preparing to land in force when a harried Andrew Jackson, charged with mounting an urgent defence of the critical port city, was confronted by the leader of the notorious Baratarian pirates. Jackson had already refused to collaborate with these "hellish banditti," but the charismatic smuggler would not be deterred. "You want flints?" he offered, "I have 7,500 flints available at a snap of my fingers. You want powder? I have kegs-full. You want rifles, axes, men? They're yours. I have a thousand fighting men, eighty of which are now rotting in the Cabildo. Jackson," he addressed the General flamboyantly, "I and my followers want to fight for America..." This was Jean Laffite, a 19th century Han Solo at war with the British Empire. His men, supplies, and counsel proved instrumental to winning the final battle of the War of 1812 for the fledgling American republic.
Download or read book Kidnapped by Pirates written by Evelyn Gill Hilton and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the exciting story of Evelyn's great-great grandfather had been told in the family through the years, no one had ever put it on paper, so Hilton decided to write the entire story for her grandchildren. Kidnapped by Pirates is based on the true story of fourteen year-old Charles Tilton, who was kidnapped alone in 1814 from a New England whaler by some of Jean Lafitte's rogue pirates. They brought the boy to their Galveston Island base, just off the Texas coast and presented him to Lafitte as a ransom prize. Enraged that the men had attacked and American vessel and sailors, the French buccaneer had the disobedient men hung. He then offered Charles a job as cabin boy, which he accepted. Charles ended up staying for 6 exciting years of adventure In 1820, the U.S. Government sent naval ships to disband the thousand-man base at Galveston but, before they arrived, the French buccaneer split all the spoils with his men and they all headed in different directions. Charles sailed up Texas' Trinity River, to Old River, then into Lost Lake where he and 3 friends buried his share of the gold and scuttled the schooner Lafitte had given him to avoid detection. He applied for a MX land grant, built a house on the bank, and later married and had nine children. He never forgot his exciting years with Lafitte, which are related in this intriguing book...
Download or read book The Pirate Skeleton written by Bruce Chudacoff and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Greene, a recently retired Homeland Security operations executive, and his colleague, David Robinson, an archaeologist from Jerusalem, come into possession of an apparently authentic pirate treasure map. Jake is immediately faced with a gang of kidnappers trying to obtain possession of the map. The two men involve Jakes daughter, Rebecca Gould, an anthropologist, and their families in search for the treasure. The search sets off a chain of events that not only leads them to the treasure but also to a huge skeleton of a previously unknown, humanlike species. As Jake, Rebecca, and David learn more about the skeleton, they are thrust into a world where science, politics, and international crime intersect. They confront an international arms dealer as they try to protect the skeleton and its origins from exploitation. They survive attempts to murder them and take over their work. They are caught up in a deadly race to find, learn from, and preserve the remains of the ancient civilization. History is rewritten in this exciting thriller.
Download or read book In the Wake of Jean Lafitte written by William Watson Race and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jean Lafitte National Park written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book After Action written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blood Once Spilled written by John T. Wayne and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BELLE GROVE PLANTATION Belle Grove was constructed as a Greek Revival & Italianate mansion built near White Castle, Louisiana in Iberville Parish. When completed in 1857 she was one of the largest homes ever built in the south, with seventy fi ve rooms spread over four stories there was nothing else like her south of the Mason Dixon. Known as Th e Queen of the South, John Andrews sold her to James Ware in 1867 just after the Civil War had ended for the incredible sum of $50.000. On March 17th 1952, exactly 100 years after construction began Belle Grove Plantation burned to the ground. Within these pages you will fi nd a one of a kind story concerning Belle Grove, a story which has never been told. THE NEW STANDARD IN WESTERN FOLKLORE!
Download or read book The Lost Writings of Steve Garvey written by Nicholas Barnes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I'd finished a glass of sherry, I picked up the pages and went over my work (something I realized I immediately despised -- re-reading is a horrifying task, and I have not done it since -- they usually go straight into the fire). I could scarcely bring myself to go beyond the second line, but willed my way through it, squinting, out of the corner of my eye. My story was horrible -- so thickly pretentious, so convoluted, twisted in on itself to such a nauseating degree, that I vowed never to write another word. I did not adhere to that vow, but have cured the after-shame problem by, to wit, burning most of the things I write in my fireplace. But there is the matter of survival. So, in reality, quilting is what I have to offer this world."
Download or read book A Woman at War written by Molly Moore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist who accompanied a senior commanding general as he led his troops into battle during Desert Storm gives an insider's view of the heroism and tragedy that she witnessed on the front line. Molly Moore, senior correspondent for The Washington Post, didn’t think she’d be the only US journalist with a close-up view of the Gulf War, but when Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, commander of the US Marine forces, invited her to shadow him while his troops planned and executed the invasion of Kuwait, that’s exactly the situation she found herself in. The result of this brave journalistic effort is a vivid and dramatic account of the Gulf War—one that does justice to the diligent, gutsy marines that successfully drove Saddam Hussein’s military from the country, without romanticizing the horrors of battle. Tense, chaotic, and thrumming with emotional resonance, Moore’s examination of the invasion offers indispensable insight into the 100-hour invasion that formed the overture to America’s War on Terror.
Download or read book The Jaguar Man written by Lara Naughton and published by Central Recovery Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when one harrowing incident changes your life, splitting it between before and after? On the fourth day of what Lara Naughton thought would be two weeks of bliss in Belize, she was kidnapped and assaulted by a man pretending to be a cabdriver. Held in the depths of the tropical forest—alone with the jaguar Man—she found that compassion was her only defense. Lara’s survival and journey of healing is poignant, compelling, and exceptional. Bending the limits of reality, she uses myth to process her experience. As Lara seeks a new understanding of herself, her lyrical, haunting prose reveals a belief that there is room for compassion—for self and and others—even in the midst of violence. Lara Naughton is an author and documentary playwright. Her work includes Never Fight a Shark in the Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright. She is a certified Compassion Cultivation Trainer through The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine. She lives and teaches in New Orleans.
Download or read book Bowie written by Randy Lee Eickhoff and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Bowie, the descendant of Highland Scots, grew up riding alligators and working the field on the Texas frontier. Taught three languages and a sense of honor, he went on to live a life filled with brawls and battles, loves and loses. This is his story, as told by those who, whether they loved or hated him, were united by their awe of this amazing frontiersman. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Horizontal Yellow written by Dan Louie Flores and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal and historical meditations explore the human and natural history of the large expanse of land the Navajos once named the Horizontal Yellow.
Download or read book The Journal of Jean Laffite written by Jean Laffite and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Haunted Houses written by Nancy Roberts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghostwriters Nancy Roberts and Taryn Plumb spin fascinating tales about 26 haunted houses all over America. Based on stories told by first-hand witnesses, these stories of ghostly goings-on will keep you on the edge of your seat—and possibly up all night! Read about San Diego’s Whaley House, whose former residents maintain an active presence, as does Yankee Jim, a hanging victim over whose gallows the house was built. Learn about the house in Massachusetts that once belonged to eccentric millionaire and brilliant inventor John Hammond, Jr.—whose practice in spiritualism, say some, continues long after his death. And relive the terrifying battle that claimed the lives of 1,700 Confederate soldiers whose battlefield became their final resting place on Tennessee’s Carnton Plantation.
