{"id":34205,"date":"2017-01-06T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=34205"},"modified":"2017-01-06T19:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T01:59:30","slug":"author-on-jewish-pirate-lafitte-to-appear-on-monday-at-jcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/author-on-jewish-pirate-lafitte-to-appear-on-monday-at-jcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Author on Jewish pirate Lafitte to appear on Monday at JCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local author Morgan Molthrop will be the featured speaker at this Monday&#8217;s monthly Morris Bart, Sr. Lecture at the Uptown Jewish Community Center on January 9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34206\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34206\" class=\"wp-image-34206 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pirate Code book cover[2]\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2.jpg 1651w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 195px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 195\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34206\" class=\"wp-image-34206 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pirate Code book cover[2]\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pirate-Code-book-cover2.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Molthrop&#8217;s latest book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Molthrop, who has published six other books, is promoting his latest book &#8220;Jean Lafitte&#8217;s Pirate Code: 17 Strategies for Acquiring Untold Fortune from America&#8217;s First Laissez Faire Capitalist&#8221; just one day after the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans in which Lafitte and his fellow privateers figured so prominently.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that Lafitte was a great financial genius, according to Molthrop, who says that Lafitte himself admitted that his maternal grandparents were persecuted Jews.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen a book that addresses his business acumen,&#8221; Molthrop said in an exclusive CCJN interview. &#8220;When he arrived here, he banked a lot of money,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A lot of the banks of Louisiana were bankrolled by pirate money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bart lecture will feature lunch and is free for JCC members and $10.00 to others. 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