Cat Island: The History of a Mississippi Gulf Coast Barrier Island

John Cuevas

Cat Island: The History of a Mississippi Gulf Coast Barrier Island
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
19 April 2011
Pages
203
ISBN
9780786463282

Cat Island: The History of a Mississippi Gulf Coast Barrier Island

John Cuevas

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Just off the coast of the Gulf Islands National Seashore lies Cat Island, an isolated, T-shaped sliver of sand with a remarkable past. A coveted hiding place for Jean Lafitte’s pirate treasure in the late eighteenth century and illegal booze during Prohibition, Cat Island also witnessed the first shots of the Battle of New Orleans, an encampment for Seminoles during the Trail of Tears and the first lighthouses on the Mississippi coast.

As a child, author John Cuevas learned that his family had owned and lived on the island for three generations beginning with his ancestor, Juan de Cuevas, or
The King of Cat Island,
who received it by way of a Spanish land grant. In this engaging work, Cuevas chronicles the historic events that occurred on the island’s shores and offers a tribute to the legacy of one of the Gulf Coast’s pioneer families.

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