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Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice
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From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like trainrobber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisianas most fascinating fugitives.In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune draws from historical accounts and current folklore to examine the specific moments and legal climate that spawned these memorable characters. He shows how Laffite embodied Louisianas shift from an entrenched French and Spanish legal system to an American one, and relates how the notorious groups like the West and Kimbrell Clan served as community leaders and law officers but covertly preyed on Louisianas Neutral Strip residents until citizens took the law into their own hands. Likewise, the bootlegging Dunn brothers in Vinton, he explains, demonstrate folk justices distinction between an acceptable criminal act (operating an illegal moonshine still) and an unacceptable one (coldblooded murder).Recounting each outlaws life, LeJeune also considers their motives for breaking the law as well as their attempts at evading capture. Running from authorities and trying to escape imprisonment or even death, these men and women often relied on the support of ordinary citizens, sympathetic in the face of oppressive and unfair laws. Through the lens of folk life, LeJeunes engaging narrative demonstrates how a justice system functions and changes and highlights Louisianas particular challenges in adapting a system of law and order to work for everyone.
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