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Jean and Pierre Lafitte fight the law in the bays and bayous of Louisiana. The Lafittes usually win (or at least escape). But the Navy and New Orleans gear up for a big showdown with the pirates of Barataria Bay.
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis
"The Patterson and Ross Raid on Barataria, September 1814" by Robert C. Vogel
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell
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French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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