Jackass Brandy

by Bruno Buti

Book Overview

Author inscribed first edition hardcover with dust jacket, by Bruno Buti, previously author of Rumbling Wine Barrels. ISBN 0-9648960-1-X. "A Tale of Legendary Men--Bootleggers that Defied the Unjust... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096489601X
• ISBN13: 9780964896017
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Buti Publications
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Jackass Brandy Delivers a Kick to Readers

"Jackass Brandy" is a book that will be of particular delight to Northern Californians or students of California's more recent history.Bruno Buti, through witness and participant interviews, coupled with his own recollections from childhood, paints a very interesting and often humorous account of the effect Prohibition had in California's San Francisco Bay Area.The story is based on the true experiences of Michael Buti and details his efforts in attempting to run a moonshining operation in the San Francisco East Bay community of Castro Valley. The cat and mouse games of the Federal Revenue Agents is interesting and often amusing. Less amusing is the level of corruption found in the various levels of law enforcement bureaucracy."Jackass" was the nickname of the particular form of liquor distilled throughout the area as opposed to the more familiar terms "white lightning" or "moonshine" popularized in similar operations in the American South."Jackass Brandy" is entertaining and colorul, while filling in important bits of San Francisco Bay Area history. It's a good read!