TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Bryce T.
TI  - Gentlemen bootleggers: the true story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a small town in cahoots 
SN  - 9781613748480 (hardback)
AV  - HV5090.I8 B38 2014
U1  - 364.1/32209777465 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Chicago, Illinois
PB  - Chicago Review Press
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
KW  - COOKING / Beverages / Wine & Spirits
KW  - Prohibition
KW  - Iowa
KW  - History
KW  - Distilling, Illicit
KW  - Whiskey
KW  - Templeton (Iowa)
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index
N2  - "During Prohibition, while Al Capone was rising to worldwide prominence as Public Enemy Number One, the townspeople of rural Templeton, Iowa--population just 428--were busy with a bootlegging empire of their own. Led by Joe Irlbeck, the whip-smart and gregarious son of a Bavarian immigrant, the outfit of farmers, small merchants, and even the church Monsignor worked together to create a whiskey so excellent it was ordered by name: Templeton Rye. Gentlemen Bootleggers tells a never-before-told tale of ingenuity, bootstrapping, and perseverance in one small town, showcasing a group of immigrants who embraced the American ideals of self-reliance, dynamism, and democratic justice. It relies on previously classified Prohibition Bureau investigation files, federal court case files, extensive newspaper archive research, and a recently disclosed interview with kingpin Joe Irlbeck. Unlike other Prohibition-era tales of big-city gangsters, it provides an important reminder that bootlegging wasn't only about glory and riches, but could be in the service of a higher goal: producing the best whiskey money could buy"--
ER  -