The line riders : prohibition, the Border Patrol, and the liquor war on the Rio Grande /

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Author / Creator:Dolan, Samuel K., author.
Imprint:Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2022]
Description:xvii, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12759637
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Varying Form of Title:Prohibition, the Border Patrol, and the liquor war on the Rio Grande
ISBN:9781493055043
1493055046
9781493055050
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Spanning a nearly twenty-year period, from the end of World War I to repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and beyond, The Line Riders reveals an often overlooked and violent chapter in American history and introduces the officers that guarded the international boundary when the West was still wild"--
Other form:Online version: Dolan, Samuel K. Line riders Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2022] 9781493055050
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Summary:This book tells the little-known story of the origins of the US Border Patrol, starting during the final days of the "Wild West" on the US-Mexico border and tracing the origins of the modern federal agency as it came into its own during the violence of the Prohibition Era in the 1920s. Given today's headlines, the Border Patrol is currently one of the most visible, and arguably controversial, agencies of the federal government. Few people, however, know the true story of how the Border Patrol came into existence. Spanning a little more than 50 years, from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the beginnings of the drug war on the border at the height of Prohibition, "The Line Riders" introduces the officers that guarded the international boundary when the West was still wild.
Physical Description:xvii, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781493055043
1493055046
9781493055050