Editing Jean Lafitte (section)

===Literature===

Numerous novels and stories refer to Lafitte's exploits.
*Many Americans believed that [[Lord Byron]]'s epic poem ''[[The Corsair]]'' (1814) was based on the life of Lafitte; the work sold over 10,000 copies on its first day of publication, and was influential for the following century.<ref name=ramsay138and9>Ramsay (1996), pp. 138&ndash;9.</ref> 
*''The Memoirs of Lafitte, or The Baratarian Pirate; a Narrative Founded on Fact'' (1826), was a novella published anonymously and the first fiction to feature Lafitte.<ref name=davis470>Davis (2005), p. 470.</ref>  
*In [[Charles Sealsfield]]'s novel ''Tokeah; or the White Rose'' (1829, rev. ''The Indian Chief; or, Tokeah and the White Rose'', 1829), Jean Lafitte plays a key role.  
*Charles Gayarre wrote the first serious biography of Lafitte, ''Historical Sketch of Pierre and Jean Lafitte, the Famous Smugglers of Louisiana'' (1883).<ref name=ramsay139>Ramsay (1996), p. 139.</ref> Other biographies followed.
*Lyle Saxon wrote the novel ''Lafitte the Pirate'' (1930).
*Ruby Lorraine Radford published a children's story, “Victor and the Pirate: A Story of New Orleans During the War of 1812” (1947), featuring a child who encourages Lafitte to defend New Orleans.<ref>R.L. Radford, “Victor and the Pirate: A Story of New Orleans During the War of 1812,” Childcraft (Vol. 5 – ''Life in Many Lands''), pp. 129-135 (Chicago: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1947)</ref>
*[[Lee Falk]]'s ''Phantom'' comic strip story, "The Vault of Missing Men" (1979–1980), pitted Jean Lafitte against one of the historical Phantoms. [[The Phantom]] eventually married Lafitte's (fictional) sister Jeanette. Falk wrote that Lafitte was buried in a special vault in the [[Skull Cave]], thus rewriting the details of his death.
*In the second book (1984) of the ''[[Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark]]'' children's trilogy, Confederate blockade runner captain Louis Billings is said to catch sight of the ghost of Lafitte's ship, the ''Pride'', describing it as "a strange, old fashioned schooner with a big black flag" that was "afire with a sort of weird, pale blue light that lighted up every nook and cranny of her". 
*[[Simon Hawke]] uses the young Lafitte as a minor character in his science-fiction novel ''[[TimeWars|The Pimpernel Plot]]'' (1984), set in Paris in 1791. He features Lafitte as an adult in his sequel, ''[[TimeWars|The Nautilus Sanction]]''; the Time Commandos visit Barataria.
* [[Poppy Z. Brite]]'s 1991 short story "The Sixth Sentinel," collected in ''Wormwood'', features Lafitte as the narrator. He is a ghost enamored of a beautiful stripper whom he calls Hard Luck Rosalie. He tries to persuade her to dig up some of his treasure so that they can be together. 
*In [[Image Comics]]'s [[WildC.A.T.s]], issue 20 (1995), Jean Lafitte is revealed to be a daemonite alien invader named Hightower.
*In the popular Japanese manga/anime series ''[[One Piece]]'' (1999), the character Lafitte is named after Jean Lafitte.
*Chilean author [[Isabel Allende]] used the historic Lafitte as a figure in her novel ''[[Zorro (novel)|Zorro]]'' (2005), based on an American hero of that name from pulp fiction. 
*French comics script-writer [[Marc Bourgne]] and [[Franck Bonnet (artist)]] created a series called ''Les pirates de Barataria'' (Glénat éditeur, Paris, 2009)
*Jean Laffite is a character in the historical fiction novels ''Theodosia and the Pirates: The Battle Against Britain'' (2013) and ''Theodosia and the Pirates: The War Against Spain'' (2014), by [[Aya Katz]].
*Jean Lafitte is a character in the (2014) science-fiction, mystery novel ''Atlantic Pyramid'' by [[Michelle E. Lowe]]. 
*Tom Cooper uses Lafitte's name and treasure in his novel ''The Marauders'' (2015). 
*Suzanne Johnson features a living Lafitte in her urban fantasy series, ''The Sentinels of New Orleans''. 
*In [[Michael Punke]]'s novel ''[[The Revenant (novel)|The Revenant]]'' (2002), Jean Lafitte and his pirate colony Campeche play an important role in the life of the protagonist.
*Jean Laffite is a character in the historical fiction novel ''Ashes & Ecstasy'' by Catherine Hart, published in 2000 by Leisure Books (first published November 1, 1985).