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“California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.” Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson’s bright account of his experiences with California’s most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell’s Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson expended almost two years living with the disputable An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book with great success captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker life style was firstborn defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his popular bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, “For all it is uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson’s book is a thoughtful piece of work.” As illuminating now as when in the first place published in 1967, Hell’s Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.
Review”Thompson has staged us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is brilliant, his eye remarkable.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Superb and terrifying.” –Studs Terkel, Chicago Tribune
From the Inside Flap”California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.” Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson’s bright account of his experiences with California’s most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell’s Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson expended almost two years living with the arguable An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book with great success captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was original defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his standard bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, “For all it is uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson’s book is a thoughtful piece of work.” As illuminating now as when in the first place published in 1967, Hell’s Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.
From the Back Cover”Thompson has staged us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is brilliant, his eye remarkable.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Superb and terrifying.” –Studs Terkel, Chicago Tribune
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81 of 85 people found the following review helpful.
 Fascinating look into an underworld
By William A. Marsh
Hunter holds himself back and lets the story tell itself. That’s is both good and bad. I am a big fan of his Gonzo-style and will have to confess I missed it. In “Hell’s Angels” his writing style was supplanted by the lifestyle he adopted for a year in order to journalize the “trips” of the illfamed California Motorcycle gang. Unless you were antecedently exposed to galore (true) stories of the Hell’s Angels, much of this book will be eye-opening for the gang did and didn’t do. I hadn’t been and only knew the myth perpatrated by the media. Hunter does his best to expose the NY Times, Time Magazine and others for their taget-picking, fear-baiting, if-we-printed-it-it-must-be-real style of reporting and de-myths a good deal of of the groups exploits. Hunter focuses his story of two or three “runs” the Angel’s take. He captures the anti-social complex mental states and behavings of the gang without judging and relates the booze, pills, sex and thuggery stories without ornamentation (or so it seemed to me). Read this book if you’ve ever wondered what the gang life was like for this group of misfits ’60′s drop-outs. Read this book if you take delight in HST and his eye for the real story.
36 of 36 humans found the following review helpful.
The Flip Side of Americana
By Jeffery S. Anderson
The Hell’s Angels and the outlaw biker gang phenomenon have always made for interesting discussion. One needs only to recall numerous of those B movies made in the 1960′s in regards to the Hells Angels and how a heap of “ordinary” folks fantasized regarding living the life of a biker gang memeber. This book was written as sort of an expose’into the lives of “typical” biker gang members. It follows the history of the group from the end of World War II up to with regards to 1966. I found it an enjoyable, easy read when I original read it 20-some odd years ago. I think the reader will come away with the understanding of why a heap of people find the biker life style an expression of total freedom, even though within the seedier side of society. Anyone with an interest in the subject matter would find this a good book to buy.
19 of 19 persons found the following review helpful.
 Thompson’s most overlooked, and best, work
By A
I’m always astonished when fans of the outstanding Doctor tell me they haven’t read Hell’s Angels. Sure, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is probably his most humorous work, and a lot of say it is the most profound. Fair enough. But Hell’s Angels has much more substance, and it has a sort of historical significance when it comes to it for Thompson fans. It is the story not only of the widely known and esteemed biker gang, but, on a less evident level, the events that shaped the reputation of Hunter S. Thompson and made him a unfeigned master of innovative literature. It likewise shows what a gutsy journalist may do (and become) when he throws himself into a story. I’ve been a journalist going on 12 years now, and I blame Thompson for my sorry fate. Reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when I was a high school senior led me to this “low trade,” as the good Doctor would put it, but reading “Hell’s Angels” assorted years ago reminded me why I chose this field and gave me the guts to stick with it, in spite of having to work for a wimpy newspaper publisher who finally fired me for stirring up too much trouble with businesses owned or controlled by his millionaire friends. Thanks, Hunter. You bastard
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