Product Description

A public menace to some and a local hero to others, the Crescent Cityis most notorious pirate left behind tales and adventures that will give young readers an insight into the life and history of the city during the early 19th century.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #623954 in Books
• Published on: 1994-03-31
• Released on: 1994-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Robert Tallant (1909-57), one of Louisiana's best-known authors, participated in the WPA Writers Project during the 1930s and 1940s. Besides Mardi Gras . . . As It Was , Tallant also wrote Voodoo in New Orleans , The Voodoo Queen , and The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans , all published by Pelican. With Lyle Saxon and Edward Dreyer he coauthored the famous Pelican collection Gumbo Ya-Ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana .

Customer Reviews

Excellent for Young and Old
My friend has just written me about this book. I LOVED it as a 10 year old--and I loved it when I reread it a year or so after I was 40. And I plan now to buy it for my grand daughter. This is a fun and informative book. I wish more young kid books were like this.

First Scripture
This is the sort of book which can speak to ten-year-olds of the things that matter most to them: blood, honor, fear, group cohesion. For all the carefully bowdlerized children's books they fed us at school, this is the one that was engraved on our minds, telling us how the higher life could be lived.