Border Guard
The Story of the U.S. Customs Service
Published on 30. January 2020
268 pages
978-1-83974-206-4 (ISBN)
Description
Border Guard, first published in 1963 by Pulitzer-winning journalist Don Whitehead, is a look at the efforts of the U.S. Customs Service (now U.S. Customs and Border Protection) to secure America's borders and ports of entry from illegal items and to collect duties. (As noted by the author, before the implementation of the federal income tax, customs duties were the only source of revenue for the government.) Chapters deal with the major issues facing the Service, including illegal drugs, diamond smuggling, stolen works of art, organized crime networks, and pornography; numerous case histories are provided to illustrate the work of the Service. A chapter is also devoted to the origins of the customs service from the earliest days of the United States.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. A SLIGHT CASE OF CONSCIENCE
- 2. A TIME OF CRISIS
- 3. A PRESIDENT IS BAMBOOZLED
- 4. THE PIRATES OF NEW ORLEANS
- 5. THE DARK YEARS
- 6. BOOZE AND BRIBES
- 7. THE ENFORCERS
- 8. TEST TUBE DETECTIVES
- 9. THE INFORMERS
- 10. THE VIOLENT BORDER
- 11. A DIRTY BUSINESS
- 12. THE CASE OF THE CROOKED DIPLOMAT
- 13. A STRANGE LITTLE ROOM
- 14. THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS
- 15. A FOOL'S DREAM
- 16. THE CHISELERS
- 17. THE INNOCENTS
- 18. THE STORMY WORLD OF ART
- 19. SEX AND THE CENSOR
- 20. OF TOY CANARIES AND PIRATES
- 21. THE MIDDLE MEN
- 22. THE RESTLESS AMERICAN
- About the Author
