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Galveston
True in 1817, fabled pirate Jean Lafitte and legendary cowboy Jim Bowie teamed up to take over a Galveston, Texas, heart of the American Frontier. For the next four years, PIRATES RULED!
A swashbuckling western based on real events. New Orleans. 1817. Smuggler Jean LaFitte flees town, evading the law. He lands in Galveston, Texas, where he quickly finds himself the ruler of a pirate safe haven. Jim Bowie, fated to be one of the legendary defenders of the Alamo, became a close friend. This is could--or could not-be the story of their friendship, the women they fell for, the men they killed, and the adventures they had...together. One of the world's most infamous pirates--and one of the world's most famous cowboys!
A swashbuckling western based on real events. New Orleans. 1817. Smuggler Jean LaFitte flees town, evading the law. He lands in Galveston, Texas, where he quickly finds himself the ruler of a pirate safe haven. Jim Bowie, fated to be one of the legendary defenders of the Alamo, became a close friend. This is could--or could not-be the story of their friendship, the women they fell for, the men they killed, and the adventures they had...together. One of the world's most infamous pirates--and one of the world's most famous cowboys!
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112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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September 17, 2022
Decent storyline but HIGHLY predictable. Anticlimactic climax with a hasty, mad dash to the resolution. I felt like the clash of one of the story's main protagonist & antagonist would have been more spectacular. It wasn't at all.
November 18, 2022
Great idea, weak execution.
Pirate, Jean Lafette "retires" to Galveston, but his Enemies are after him.
Old feuds, politics and a rumored hidden treasure have gained him a lot of enemies.
His only friend is an ambitious young frontiersman named Jim Bowie.
A fun bit of history that reads like a summer blockbuster, in both the best and worse ways.
That would be okay, if the art was stronger. Instead it just further waters down the story.
This needed to either go bigger or be done as a straight historical. It couldn't seem to decide and ended up just 'okay'.
Pirate, Jean Lafette "retires" to Galveston, but his Enemies are after him.
Old feuds, politics and a rumored hidden treasure have gained him a lot of enemies.
His only friend is an ambitious young frontiersman named Jim Bowie.
A fun bit of history that reads like a summer blockbuster, in both the best and worse ways.
That would be okay, if the art was stronger. Instead it just further waters down the story.
This needed to either go bigger or be done as a straight historical. It couldn't seem to decide and ended up just 'okay'.
June 6, 2011
Wanted to like it, but couldn't even finish it. Bad art. Bad dialogue. Bad Story. Ugh.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews