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Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club |  | Authors: Sonny Barger, Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 15670
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0060937548
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1066092
EAN: 9780060937546
ASIN: 0060937548
Publication Date: October 1, 2001
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Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. Sonny Barger recounts the birth of the original Oakland Hell's Angels and the four turbulent decades that followed. Hell's Angel also chronicles the way the HAMC revolutionized the look of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and built what has become a worldwide bike-riding fraternity, a beacon for freedom-seekers the world over.Dozens of photos, including many from private collections and from noted photographers, provide visual documentation to this extraordinary tale. Never simply a story about motorcycles, colorful characters, and high-speed thrills, Hell's Angel is the ultimate outlaw's tale of loyalty and betrayal, subcultures and brotherhood, and the real price of freedom.
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Hell's Angel November 15, 2009
R. Rutkowski (Naperville)
Well written history of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Some amazing insights into the personal and biker (Though I am sure he thinks they are the same) life of Sonny Barger. Quite a cast of characters of the Angels back in the day.
GREAT read! November 10, 2009
twist (Yokosuka, Japan)
I saw a special on the Hell's Angels on the Discovery Channel and decided I needed to read this book. It is a well written book, good story telling ability demonstrated by Sonny, and I enjoyed it. I am not a fast reader, but it only took me 2 days to read it all, and I was entertained. I don't know if I believe 100% of what he says, but it does give a good history into the club, and the man who started the most famous (INfamous?) motorcycle club in the world. I reccomend it without a doubt!!
 Übermensch October 10, 2009
Reader (USA)
I just finished the book. It captured my attention from the start and I didn't want to put the book down and so I read straight through it in a short amount of time. It was an interesting look inside the world of the Hell's Angels from the perspective of Mr. Barger. There are numerous stories of the adventures of the motorcycle club and descriptions and photos of a lot the members. It gives you the feel of what it means to belong to a tight-knit brotherhood. It's a club that has the guts to stand up to the world and take their freedom in full measure.
 Worst "biker" book I've read so far October 8, 2009
Jack
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I generally like "biker" books, and was excited to start reading this one on the infamous Hell's Angels. However, it didn't take long to realize that this wasn't so much a book about the Hell's Angels, as it was a book about Sonny Barger. In fact, a more appropriate title for this book would have been "Sonny Barger: Why I'm so Great".
Barger is definitely not the greatest writer, though I doubt anyone would buy this book expecting him to be. But even trying to cut him a little slack for being a biker and not a professional writer, it was still hard to get through this book.
He is SO self-centered and egotistical and he tries to take credit for everything under the sun. For instances, he says the cops liked the guns (i.e. AR-15) that the Oakland Hell's Angels were carrying at the time, so they (the cops) started carrying them too. (Please.) He also takes credit for the way law enforcement does their police funeral processions now (I'm sure that was all because of Sonny Barger - right), and so many other things that just seem outrageous. I thought he was actually going to take credit for grass being green by the end of the book.
Anyway, I was DONE with the book about 2/3 of the way through because I think anyone with half a brain can figure out that this is not a true depiction of the Hell's Angels (unless you really believe that they are just a bunch of guys who like to ride bikes and only occasionally get into a couple fights, but otherwise are pretty good guys). All the REALLY good stuff (which is what I was hoping to read about) is glossed over or completely left out. I did finish the book, only because it was like a train wreck that I had to see out to the end. But in the end, I was totally disappointed.
Avoid the same disappointment and don't buy this book. There are better ones out there.
 quick read May 15, 2009
Scott Neeley (Northern California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
interesting read especially when Sonny talks about not liking HD motorcycles and would rather own a Honda or BMW. He doesn't pull punches or whitewash anything.
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