Border Patrol. With the U.S. Immigration Service on the Mexican Boundary 1910-1954.

Perkins, Clifford A.; Dickey, Nancy (editor); Sonnichsen, Charles L. (editor)

ISBN 10: 0874040582 / ISBN 13: 9780874040586

Published by Texas Western Press, El Paso, TX, U.S.A., 1978

About this Item

x, 131pp, index, num bw ills. Or blue and green cloth in jacket. Some minor rubbing and edge wear to jacket. The author joined the US Immigration Service in 1911 at Tucson, later transferring to Douglas and in 1913 to El Paso where he was selected to head the Immigration Border Patrol when it was formed in 1924. In 1926 he was transferred to San Antonio to head the patrol in that district. Finally in 1930 he went to San Ysidro as Officer in Charge of the port of entry, a position he held until his retirement in 1953. This volume consists of his memoirs of his time with Immigration and the Border Patrol, and is well illustrated with contemporary photographs. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Border Patrol. With the U.S. Immigration Service on the Mexican Boundary 1910-1954.
• Publisher: Texas Western Press, El Paso, TX, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874040582
• ISBN 13: 9780874040586
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana & Canadiana