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Thompsons first book, an electrifying tale of the infamous biker gangs of california. He first rose to prominence with the publication of hells angels 1967, a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the hells angels motorcycle gang in order to write a firsthand account of the lives and experiences of its members. It was widely lauded for its upclose and uncompromising look at the hells angels motorcycle club, during a time when the gang was highly feared and accused of numerous criminal activities. His book successfully captures a singular moment in american history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying america. Thompson s name as the wild man of american writing. In the mid1960s, thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. The book about one the most famous hells angels, sonny barger, who founded the hells. Thompson 1937 2005 began writing as a sports columnist in florida. He charts the time he spent riding arounddrinkingpartyingtrying to avoid getting in trouble with the hells angles back in the 1960s. Buy hells angels penguin modern classics new ed by thompson, hunter s isbn. The critics have been unanimous in their praise of his book. It does however, easily rank as one of the most chillingly raw and honest.
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