"HISTORY United States 20th Century." . . "HISTORY / United States / 20th Century." . "TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime." . . "Distilling, Illicit Iowa History." . . . . "COOKING / Beverages / Wine & Spirits." . . "Templeton (Iowa) History 20th century." . . "Templeton (Iowa)" . . "Prohibition Iowa History." . . "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 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."@en . "Gentlemen bootleggers : the true story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a small town in cahoots" . . . . . . "\"The never-before-told true story of a small town in Iowa that produced its own liquor during Prohibition\"--" . "\"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"@en . . "Electronic books"@en . . "Whiskey Iowa History." . .