Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Dolan, Samuel K.

Line Riders prohibition, the Border Patrol, and the liquor war on the Rio Grande / Prohibition, the Border Patrol, and the liquor war on the Rio Grande The Line Riders Samuel K. Dolan - Essex, Connecticut TwoDot 2022 - xvii, 396 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: An imaginary line -- A veritable reign of crime -- Marked for death -- Lawlessness seems atmospheric -- Men of the highest type -- The smuggler's trail -- An eye for an eye -- Adios, Mama -- In mortal combat -- A gentleman of courage -- Tiro de Gracia -- Alto Federalies! -- Long chances -- Mortal fear -- Their ruthless warfare -- This deplorable situation -- Galvan's friends.

"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"--

9781493055043 1493055046

2022005682


Alcohol trafficking--History--Mexican-American Border Region
Prohibition--History--Mexican-American Border Region
Border patrols--History--Mexican-American Border Region


North America--Mexican-American Border Region



F786 / .D655 2022

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