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The Line Riders: The Border Patrol, Prohibition, and the Liquor War on the Rio Grande

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Emmy Award winning producer and author, Samuel K. Dolan, joins us this week to talk about his new book, The Line Riders: The Border Patrol, Prohibition, and the Liquor War on the Rio Grande.

The Eighteenth Amendment in the US Constitution became full in effect. The book tells the story of the long and deadly war known as the liquor war during the 1920s and 1930s and highlights the evolution of the Border patrol amidst the chaos of prohibition. There will be much more coming up this week on The Book Club!

This interview originally aired on December 18, 2022.