Tony Hillerman Quotes

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were

Tony Hillerman

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• Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were

  

  Tony Hillerman
  • War
  • Drug
  • Teenager