Associate Dean Lisa Lindquist-Dorr Celebrates New Book

Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Lisa Lindquist-Dorr celebrated the publication of her latest book, A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition.

Lindquist Dorr - A Thousand Thirsty Beaches dust jacketDorr analyzes the complex smuggling network connecting Great Britain and Europe to Cuba via the United States between 1920 through the end of Prohibition, a tangled web that transported both distilled spirits and human cargo — undocumented immigrants.

The Department recognized the publication with a special talk and reception. Congratulations, Dr. Dorr!