Rumbling Wine Barrels

by Bruno Buti

Action! Drama! Comedy! A lusty, fast paced, chaotic but comical tale about Italians hijacking wine in defiance of Prohibition. The unsung heroes that led to the repeal of prohibition. The Robin Hoods... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964896001
• ISBN13: 9780964896000
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Buti Publications
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It's like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE in Italian.

I bought this book for my daughter for a school report on Prohibition. I could not put it down. This book is fast-paced and extremely funny. It shows the warmly human side of these happy-go-lucky Italians as they break into the illegal wine business through a series of Sting-like raids on other people's illegal wine .I loved the incident where they stored a few thousand gallons of red wine in the farm's water tank temporarily. When they returned to the farm, all their friends were having a party. They had hot and cold running wine from the kitchen tap! A gift from God!You'll be telling people about this book.

Loved It ! Someone should make a movie out this book . . .

This was a book that had a lot of meaning to me . I was born and raised around where this story takes place , Sonoma county. There have alway been storys about the Napa Valley and none of Sonoma county etc. I like that the Italians are shown in a fun way and not in the Godfatherish way , so much. So maybe people will see that there is another side to the Italians . Not just shot them up all the time. Great story. Can't wilt till the new book Jackass Brandy comes out . Beverly Del Fava

If you liked Rumbling Wine Barrels you'll love Jackass Brand

The sequel to Rumbling Wine Barrels has been put to bed and will soon be available. Jackass Brandy continues the saga of bootlegging immigrants during Prohibition in a humorous, if not hillarious, tale depicting the times when an illegal business was used by bootleggers, lawmen, businessmen, prostitutes, and local civilians who tried their luck at making money the easy way. This book will hold your attention to the last page and bring back the times to what the author, Bruno Buti, calls "the Robin Hoods of the Roaring Twenties."

Hillarious!

This exciting saga about San Francisco's infamous history during the Prohibition era-The Roaring Twenties, brings to life a gang of Italian immigrants engaged in a fast, chaotic but comical hell bent for destruction wine hijacking escapade. I found myself wishing I was part of the whole scheme. It's no wonder that the L.A. Times printed a quarter page editorial about the book and the author as well as a segment filmed for NBC's Today Show. I can hardly wait for the sequel to be released, "Jackass Brandy".

Loved it! Would make a great movie!

I had known Bruno for many years before he asked me to illustrate his book "Rumbling Wine Barrels." Finding material for the 20's and 30's was an adventure in itself. Trying to support the times, the words and Bruno's humor gave me a passion to keep the illustrations as whimsical and as honest as possible. His secquel, "Jackass Brandy," is well under way. Dug Waggoner, Illustrator, California, USA