Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Jean Lafitte, Edward Low, William Walker, John Ashley, Raphael Semmes, John Ordronaux, John Murrell, Pierre Lafitte, Thomas Tew, Bill Johnston, John Newland Maffitt, Albert W. Hicks, Samuel Mason, Vincenzo Gambi, Charles Gibbs, Nathaniel Gordon, George Leese, Harpe brothers, Sadie Farrell, Dan Seavey, Rachel Wall, James Ford, John Halsey, Dominique You, James Kirker, Thomas Paine, Edward Coates, Hook Gang, Dixie Bull, Bully Hayes, Joseph Gayles, Suds Merrick, Kid Shanahan, Eli Boggs. Excerpt: Jean Lafitte (ca. 1776 - ca. 1823) was a pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte," and this is the commonly seen spelling in the United States, including for places named for him. Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint-Domingue. By 1805, he operated a warehouse in New Orleans to help disperse the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. After the United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lafittes moved their operations to an island in Barataria Bay. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy. Though Lafitte tried to warn Barataria of a British attack, the American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. In return for a pardon, Lafitte helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British in 1815. The Lafittes then became spies for the Spanish and moved to Galveston Island, which they called Campeche, where they developed the colony there. Lafitte continued pirating around Central American ports until he died trying to capture Spanish vessels in 1823. Speculation...