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[This bibliography lists a small portion of the recommended materials anyone seriously wishing to research the Laffite story should read.

Robert Vogel's and Kathleen S. Taylor, Jean Laffite in American History: A Bibliographic Guide, is available for $10.00 plus $2.50 S & H. Order from: The White Pine Press, P.O. Box 120121, St. Paul, Mn 55112.

Dogwood Press has several Laffite books available at http://dogwoodpress.myriad.net/
--Ed.]

Books

Epperson, Jean L. Vignettes of Galveston Bay. Hemphill, Texas: Dogwood Press, 1995.

Faye, Stanley. Privateers of the Gulf. Hemphill, Texas: Dogwood Press, 2001. Web address: http://dogwoodpress.myriad.net/

Laffite, Jean. Journal of Jean Laffite. Hemphill, Texas: Dogwood Press. This is a reprint of the 1958 publication. Web address: http://dogwoodpress.myriad.net/

Lay, Bennett. The Lives of Ellis P. Bean. Austin: University of Texas Printing Division, 1960.


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

Articles

Epperson, Jean L. "Flags Flown at Galveston by the Corsairs and Filibusters," TheLaffite Chronicles, V, No. 1 (February, 1999).

Epperson, Jean L. "Jean Laffite and the Schooner Pegasus," The Laffite Society Chronicles, VI, Number 1, (February, 2000).

Epperson, Jean L. "Mysterious Painting in the Cabildo," The Laffite Society Chronicles, VIII, No. 2 (October, 2000), pp. 8-10.

Faye, Stanley. "The Great Stoke of Pierre Laffite." The Louisiana History Quarterly, Vol. 23, No., 3 (July, 1940), pp. 733-826.

Marler, Don C. "The Great Stroke of Stanley Faye." The Laffite Chronicles, VIII, No. 1, (February, 2002), pp. 13-16.

Olson, R. Dale and Diane. "Graphic Images of Jean Laffite," The Laffite Society Chronicles, II, Number 2 (July, 1996).

Suduiraut, Bertrand Guillot, "Laffite, Brothers & Co., Buccaneers, or the Impossible Quest," Généalogie et Historie de la Caraibe. No. 82 (May 1996), pp., 1618-1620). Also published in The Laffite Society Chronicles, Vol. III, Number 1(January, 1997).


Vogel, Robert C. "Pierre and Jean Laffite: Going to the Primary Sources," The Laffite Chronicles. VII, No. 2 (October, 2001), pp. 7-12.

Vogel Robert C. "Who Were These Guys? Some of the Lesser Characters in the Story of the Laffites." The Laffite Chronicles, IX, No. 1 (February, 2003), pp. 6-14.

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