Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

By Hunter S. Thompson

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

After his 1965 article on motorcycle gangs in The Nation, Hunter S. Thompson spent about a year among the Hell's Angels of California, riding and drinking with members of the club and its leader, Sonny Barger. He examines how press coverage helped create the outlaws' fearsome image, describes their Labor Day run and their party with Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters at La Honda, and considers the alienation that drew men to the club.

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