Gentlemen Bootleggers The True Story of Templeton Rye Prohibition and a Small Town in Cahoots (Audible Audio Edition) Bryce T Bauer Jonathan Davis Audible Studios Books
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During Prohibition, while Al Capone was rising to worldwide prominence as Public Enemy Number One, the townspeople of rural Templeton, Iowa - population just 418 - 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.
Gentlemen Bootleggers The True Story of Templeton Rye Prohibition and a Small Town in Cahoots (Audible Audio Edition) Bryce T Bauer Jonathan Davis Audible Studios Books
It has been a while since I've read a more entertaining book. I figured that sooner or later, someone would get into the act and write a book about Templeton Rye, but I was pleasantly surprised to see one so well written. It is a stirring story of civic cooperation ("being in cahoots", if you will) against an oppressive law.I have two quibbles: (1) The book makes it sound as if the whole Templeton Rye phenomenon was rather completely the work of one man -- Joe Irlbeck. Certainly Irlbeck was a major actor in the drama, but according to what I've been able to determine, there was much activity that had nothing to do with Joe Irlbeck. (2) It looks as if the author was trying to draw a parallel between Joe Irlbeck and the gangsters who operated in Des Moines and Chicago. The parallel was inept. Irlbeck never engaged in territorial wars, and there is no record of him ever branching out into things like gambling and prostitution.
These two quibbles aside, my hat is off to Mr. Bauer for a masterful book.
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Gentlemen Bootleggers The True Story of Templeton Rye Prohibition and a Small Town in Cahoots (Audible Audio Edition) Bryce T Bauer Jonathan Davis Audible Studios Books Reviews
This is a great book, it all happened within miles of where I was born and raised... and my older relatives remember a lot of this history...
I grew up just north of Templeton Iowa and heard stories of the bootlegging days from that era. Very informative and enjoyable to read. It helped to make a lot of sense out of some of the stories I was told.
Interesting.
Great history revealing solid research. Heavy on the personalities and politics. I was hoping for more detail on the bootleggers' networks - how they functioned and transited their wares to thirsty customers.
An intriguing look at Prohibition outside of the major cities. I am a history buff and never knew the origin of "Templeton Rye".
All too frequently histories of Prohibition deal with Chicago and Al Capone et al. this lets one know what went on in the hustings.
Picked this up as we have sort of a cult about Templeton Rye. It is more of a historical text that never really rises to riveting. Read it, drank some rye, then passed it along to another member of the cult.
A lot of research, true story makes less nuanced bravery or romance. But witnesses ancestral innovation under government stress/oppression . We have a history of illegal behavior done to maintain family ties and civic life when the law just doesn't make sense for the situation. Some motivation is for money, but they didn't lose respect for small people. It is middle America story. At the end good guys shake hands with bad guys.
I wonder if similar life happens elsewhere in the world, from Somalia to the Mexican border.
It has been a while since I've read a more entertaining book. I figured that sooner or later, someone would get into the act and write a book about Templeton Rye, but I was pleasantly surprised to see one so well written. It is a stirring story of civic cooperation ("being in cahoots", if you will) against an oppressive law.
I have two quibbles (1) The book makes it sound as if the whole Templeton Rye phenomenon was rather completely the work of one man -- Joe Irlbeck. Certainly Irlbeck was a major actor in the drama, but according to what I've been able to determine, there was much activity that had nothing to do with Joe Irlbeck. (2) It looks as if the author was trying to draw a parallel between Joe Irlbeck and the gangsters who operated in Des Moines and Chicago. The parallel was inept. Irlbeck never engaged in territorial wars, and there is no record of him ever branching out into things like gambling and prostitution.
These two quibbles aside, my hat is off to Mr. Bauer for a masterful book.
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