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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An Imaginary Line
  • Chapter 1. A Veritable Reign of Crime
  • Chapter 2. Marked for Death
  • Chapter 3. Lawlessness Seems Atmospheric
  • Chapter 4. Men of the Highest Type
  • Chapter 5. The Smuggler's Trail
  • Chapter 6. An Eye for an Eye
  • Chapter 7. Adios, Mama
  • Chapter 8. In Mortal Combat
  • Chapter 9. A Gentleman of Courage
  • Chapter 10. Tiro de Gracia
  • Chapter 11. Alto Federalies!
  • Chapter 12. Long Chances
  • Chapter 13. Mortal Fear
  • Chapter 14. Their Ruthless Warfare
  • Chapter 15. This Deplorable Situation
  • Chapter 16. Galvan's Friends
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author