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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dolan, Samuel K., author.
Imprint:	Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2022]
Description:	xvii, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Alcohol trafficking -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History. Prohibition -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History. Border patrols -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History.
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