hawse-pieces
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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hawse-pieces, in a wooden ship the
timbers which form the bow, usually parallel to the
stem and through which the
hawseholes are cut; in a steel ship, the
plates similarly placed. They are strengthened in the general construction of the ship by the
breast hooks.
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PIRATES OF THE COASTAL BEND: Jean Laffite spent some time swashbuckling in the Gulf.
Newspaper article from: Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX); 5/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...often when researching pirates in this area is Jean Laffite (sometimes spelled Lafitte). Laffite was born around 1780 in France and reached New Orleans around 1804. By 1808, Laffite and his brother, Pierre, were involved in...
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Frank G. Fox Jean Laffite and the Big Ol' Whale.(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine; 5/1/2003; ; 573 words
; ...storytellers and their audiences. The pirate Jean Laffite, the author informs us in an afterword...on the banks of the Mississippi. Jean demonstrates his unusual abilities...Mississippi mysteriously dries up one day, Jean discovers a trapped whale plugging...
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Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 448 words
; 1400044367 Patriotic fire; Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans. Groom, Winston. Alfred...Orleans, in which Andrew Jackson joined French pirate Jean Lafitte to fight against the British invasion of the city...
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...William C. Davis's The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the...Davis argues that the brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite were businessmen who took advantage...when the Americans jailed Pierre, Jean sought to offer information about...
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The Pirates Laffite.(The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Library Bookwatch; 8/1/2005; 432 words
; The Pirates Laffite William C. Davis Harcourt 15 E. 26th St...coverage as William C. Davis' The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World Of The Corsairs Of The Gulf. Jean and Pierre Laffite's lives coincided with New Orleans' most...
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The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...William C. Davis's The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the...Davis argues that the brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite were businessmen who took advantage...when the Americans jailed Pierre, Jean sought to offer information about...
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Gangsters of the Gulf
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...pp. $28 For his polished manners, Jean Laffite was known as "Gentleman Jean," even if he inhabited the outlaw...themselves -- should prove the last word on Laffite. Or should I say the Laffites? Jean had an older half-brother named Pierre...
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The British Are Coming; How a ragtag corps of backwoodsmen, pirates and Indians defeated the British army at New Orleans.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; PATRIOTIC FIRE Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans By Winston Groom Knopf...campaign against the Red Sticks. Playing second fiddle is Jean Laffite, the famous privateer who has been so forgotten by...
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Prepare your sails for water, whale tales; reasons to read
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/6/2003; ; 631 words
; ...mountains. This is a great, silly and fun read-aloud. 'Jean Laffite and the Big Ol' Whale' Another fun tall tale is brought to us by Frank G. Fox in "Jean Laffite and the Big Ol' Whale." Laffite was a real person...
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Mail Call.(Letters)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 3/19/2001; 700+ words
; ...As a translator of the memoirs of Jean Laffite (that's how he spelled his family...AFFAIRS) inaccurately implies that Laffite, along with his pirates, was pardoned...War of 1812. On the contrary, Laffite--whose crime was violation of...
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Jean Laffite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Laffite , c.1780-1826?, leader of a band...of chiefly through the agency of Pierre Laffite, his half brother. In Sept., 1814...establishment at Barataria and their ships. Laffite, a few days before, had refused a British...
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Laffite(Or Lafitte), Jean
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Laffite(Or Lafitte), Jean (c. 1780–c. 1825...but later Jackson accepted the aid of Laffite in the Battle of New Orleans, giving...services. Another force was sent against Laffite when he resumed operations in Texas...
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Jean Lafitte
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Lafitte see Laffite, Jean .
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You, Dominique
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...he became a skilled seaman and gunner before joining Jean Laffite 's pirates at Barataria, near New Orleans, around...the British threatened New Orleans later that year, Jean Laffite offered Gen. Andrew Jackson the services of the surviving...
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Barataria Bay
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Louisiana shrimp industry and is trapped for muskrat furs. Oil and natural gas are found in the area, and the bay region is a major source of sulfur. In the early 19th cent. the bay was the headquarters of Jean Laffite and his pirates.
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