Bootlegger Tales: More Drips, Drops, and Drams

by Richard Roux

A follow-up to Bootleggers, Booze, and Busts , Richard Roux offers Bootlegger Tales as a companion book to further explore the issue of National Prohibition on the local level. This exploration of Prohibition is presented as a series of stories, some focused on single individuals and events, while others are a compilation of stories built around a general theme. The chapters, and the stories themselves, are typically not chronological in any way. Just chapters that are designed to be stand-alone essays.

Included are the many names of those involved in Prohibition in Kern federal Prohibition agents, local law enforcement officers, federal and local judges, defense attorneys and prosecutors, and, of course, those who were accused of violating the federal and local Prohibition laws.

For readers hoping to go beyond the book and access sources, the primary and secondary sources used are included in endnotes and a bibliography. Additionally, to further entice readers who are interested in Prohibition, local history, the history of neighborhoods, or are just curious about where people were arrested, an Appendix listing every specific place that was identified as being a location where a person was arrested in Kern County is included.

The hardcover version of this book includes color images.

322 pages, Hardcover

Published October 17, 2023

About the author

Richard Roux, a native Californian, was born and raised in Bakersfield, the largest town in Kern County, California. By profession, he is a history teacher and adjunct professor. With an interest in a variety of topics and activities, Richard brings to his writing a mixture of history, anecdotes, and humor.

When not spending time with his family, teaching, playing hockey, and enjoying the outdoors, he continues to research and write. A series of new releases are planned for the future.