A WORLD OF HIS OWN IN THE LAND OF THE CREOLES: Andre de Javon escaped the French Revolution as a child. Now as an adult, he arrives in New Orleans determined to make a new life for himself. In due time he becomes one of the wealthiest plantation owners in the Territory. He is helped by his mentor Jean-Claude Charlevoix, whose young daughter Julie falls in love with Andre, and hopes he will wait for her to grow up and marry her. But, Andre marries Gabrielle Ste. Claire who turns his life into a nightmare. Gabrielle dies leaving Andre with her illegitimate son. As Julie grows up Andre realizes how much he loves her, and wants to marry her. But will Julie still have him, a man who is eleven years her senior with an illegitimate child? The pirate Jean Lafitte and General Andrew Jackson are but some of the colorful characters woven throughout the story.
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A World Of His Own -IN THE LAND OF THE CREOLES is the story of a young man who as a child was ripped from his family and home during the French Revolution.
He never feels like he really belongs in England, so he returns to France to find that everything he holds dear is gone.
He set out for America determined to build a world of his own where he will truly belong. The story follows eight years of his life, his struggles to build a plantation which will become the most profitable in the territory, and the two women who change his life. One turns his life into a living hell, the other gives him a life as close to heaven as possible.
About Arlette Gaffrey
Arlette Marie Gaffrey a native of New Orleans is a French-Spanish Creole. Her family goes back many generations in the Crescent city. Arlette was married to a career Naval Officer, has three children and six grandchildren. She and her family live in San Diego, Ca.. Arlette has written three other books and hopes to have another one about New Orleans published some time this spring. There is a saying, "You can take a native out of New Orleans, but you can never get New Orleans out of a native, and that's how Arlette feels about her home town. As the wife of a career Naval Officer Arlette traveled and lived in other parts of the country, but her heart will always be in New Orleans, and it is reflected in her stories about that interesting city.
A WORLD OF HIS OWN IN THE LAND OF THE CREOLES: Andre de Javon escaped the French Revolution as a child. Now as an adult, he arrives in New Orleans determined to make a new life for himself. In due time he becomes one of the wealthiest plantation owners in the Territory. He is helped by his mentor Jean-Claude Charlevoix, whose young daughter Julie falls in love with Andre, and hopes he will wait for her to grow up and marry her. But, Andre marries Gabrielle Ste. Claire who turns his life into a nightmare. Gabrielle dies leaving Andre with her illegitimate son. As Julie grows up Andre realizes how much he loves her, and wants to marry her. But will Julie still have him, a man who is eleven years her senior with an illegitimate child? The pirate Jean Lafitte and General Andrew Jackson are but some of the colorful characters woven throughout the story. 
Arlette Marie Gaffrey a native of New Orleans is a French-Spanish Creole. Her family goes back many generations in the Crescent city. Arlette was married to a career Naval Officer, has three children and six grandchildren. She and her family live in San Diego, Ca.. Arlette has written three other books and hopes to have another one about New Orleans published some time this spring. There is a saying, "You can take a native out of New Orleans, but you can never get New Orleans out of a native, and that's how Arlette feels about her home town. As the wife of a career Naval Officer Arlette traveled and lived in other parts of the country, but her heart will always be in New Orleans, and it is reflected in her stories about that interesting city.