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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga | Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is. He's lived with them, he knows them and their machines, he speaks their langauge,and he reports it back to the world with all the fearsome force of a souped-up cyclone burning rubber.
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NatalieR
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Mehso-so

This book intrigued me as I‘m interested in the psychology of gangs and how they function. Around 1965, Hunter S. Thompson spent about two years hanging out with the Hell‘s Angels motorcycle gang. This was a time period in which the Hell‘s Angels were in their relative height of mayhem, violence, and destruction. This book didn‘t provide what I was hoping to learn. #MountTBR

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SkeletonKey
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Currently listening to this one. Did not age well.

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JenDR
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They finally opened the dining room of coffee shops in my town !!! I didn‘t realize how much I have missed reading outside my house until I did it again. First day in a long while I haven‘t missed my life abroad.

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Cinfhen
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#MayMovieMagic #HighwayToHell This first person account sounds fascinating and I‘m thinking of using an Audible credit🧐Has anyone listened to the audio??? Is it worth it??? My Hoopla & OverDrive don‘t have the book or audio on offer 😖

Also works for #LongAndWindingRoad @Eggs and #AMatterOfPerspective @Megabooks

GlassAsDiamonds Book itself sounds fabulous! 5y
Cinfhen I just listened to a sample @GlassAsDiamonds #HardPass UGH 😑 I think I‘m gonna do print when I find a cheap copy 🤓👍🏻 5y
Megabooks Sounds fascinating! I used to watch Gangland on A&E all the time. I‘m sorry to say I haven‘t listened to it. Have you looked to see if you‘ve read with that narrator before? Ah I just saw you checked! Too bad. Definitely fits the prompt. Thanks for joining in! 🖖🏻 Good luck finding a copy. Goals always make shopping at used bookstores more fun! 5y
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Cinfhen So true @Megabooks although my shopping list is the size of an Encyclopedia 😛 5y
RohitSawant I've been meaning to read Hunter S. Thompson for years now and was hoping to start with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This one sounds intriguing, too! 5y
TrishB Have read one by the author....😱😱 way too young!! 5y
Eggs Great choice❣️ 5y
britt_brooke @rohit-sawant They‘re both good. I liked Rum Diary a lot, too. 5y
britt_brooke I listened to this on audio and it was decent. I felt like it could‘ve been shorter, honestly, but it was interesting. 5y
Cinfhen Thanks @britt_brooke for your thoughts xx I‘m in no rush to read this but I‘ll keep my eyes open for a cheap copy 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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#MarchIntoThe70s #HighwayToHell Who else but Hell‘s Angels?Hunters Book was published before the notorious stabbing incident at the Altamont Free Concert where the Angels were hired to be in charge of security for $500 worth of beer.Who knew Sonny Barger would retire to Az. and write a book on safe motorcycle riding?The 1 Percenter book is full of club history with historical photos of colors and gear.

Cinfhen So cool!!! Love this ❣️ 5y
gradcat I cried when Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide. 5y
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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was pretty ballsy (i.e. insane) for Hunter S. Thompson to immerse himself with the Hell‘s Angels. For almost two years in the tumultuous 60s, he lived among the outlaws, researching and experiencing some of their criminal behavior firsthand. For whatever reason they trusted, or at least tolerated, Thompson and the result is what feels like an in-depth article that expanded into a slightly too-long book. But still a worthwhile read. 👇🏻

britt_brooke Side note: I‘m completely fascinated by 60s California counterculture; such a weird and horrifying time in US history, so this was a good addition to the several books I‘ve already read. 5y
emilyhaldi Interesting side note! Have you read all of Joan Didion and this tagged book? ☀️ 5y
britt_brooke @emilyhaldi I‘ve read most of Didion‘s nonfiction. I haven‘t read the tagged, but just stacked it - thanks! 5y
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Victoriahoperose I love Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of my favorites. He was one of a kind and invented a new way for nonfiction writing to exist. ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Hunter! 5y
britt_brooke @Victoriahoperose I really appreciate his work. His journalistic contributions are remarkable. Plus he‘s a native Kentuckian like me. 💚 I need to reread Fear and Loathing. It‘s been several years. I really enjoyed Rum Diary, too. That‘s all I‘ve read thus far. 5y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen What‘s your favorite? Besides this, I‘ve read Fear and Loathing and Rum Diary. And The Great Shark Hunt has been in my TBR for ages. (edited) 5y
Leftcoastzen I like them all ! I am re-reading Hell‘s Angels right now.I adore Fear and Loathing. 5y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen This was my first time reading Hell‘s Angels, but that‘s too funny we were reading it at the same time. #random 5y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen Nope - thank you! #stacked 5y
Leftcoastzen Also love looking for books published by communes and those fun handmade house books ,70‘s self sufficiency and health food books .woohoo! 5y
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britt_brooke
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▶️🎧

Soubhiville Oh, that sounds fun! 5y
britt_brooke @Soubhiville It‘s pretty crazy so far. 5y
Megabooks Definitely stacking this. Is the audio good? 5y
britt_brooke @Megabooks I kind of feel like he‘s screaming at me, but I‘m getting used to it. 😣 5y
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PagesOfKate
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Definitely an appropriate choice for #coolrider
Aside from giving you a glimpse at the life and quasi kinship bonds formed by members of biker gangs Thompson unpacks how the media sensationalises and demonizes groups who choose to live outside the bounds of conventional society.
#Juneitselectrifying
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

vkois88 Sounds interesting! 6y
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britt_brooke
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Thanks for the heads up, #Goodreads! 👏🏻 This has been on my #TBR for a while. #HunterSThompson #gonzo #ebookdeal

TricksyTails YESSSSSSS! Thank you! *running to buy* 6y
huntersmom1977 Bat 🦇 Country!! 6y
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britt_brooke
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Robothugs 👍🏻👍🏻😎 7y
Cinfhen Fabulous 😎 7y
Cinfhen And that book cover is 🙌🏻 7y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I know, I want to buy it just for the cover! 7y
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Cosspad
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"A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing his ways."

#booklover #quote #hellsangels #huntersthompson #motocycleclub #60s #american #anarchy #history #bookworm

MrBook Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay with us 😊👍🏻. We're the most positive, tight-knit, passionate bibliophile community you'll meet. Careful: this'll take over your life. 😂👏🏻🙌🏻 7y
Cosspad Thank youu☺️ 7y
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Jesilyn
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"They spoke of editors and reporters as so much human garbage, hopelessly corrupt and not worth talking to under any circumstances."

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Jesilyn
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Susan McWilliams of The Nation wrote a great article recommending this book to understand the rise of Trump. Her grandfather commissioned the original piece this grew from when he was the editor.

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DeborahSmall
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#bookhaul part 3 The English Patient is another that disappeared from my shelves...happy to have replaced it 😍📚

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Casi
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Made a contribution to my local #littlestlibrary

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GoneFishing

The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

wellreadredhead Awesome book! 7y
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TheLondonBookworm
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I sadly have a very small selection of green and pink books on my right now, but I am pleased to show off this copy of Hell's Angels because I love the cover art and I found his immersive journalistic journey with the gang absolutely fascinating :) #pinkandgreenbooks #augustofpages #bookphotochallenge @TheSpinecrackersBookClub

TheSpinecrackersBookClub This is still definitely a photo worth sharing. Absolutely love the cover art. 8y
TheLondonBookworm @TheSpinecrackersBookClub I confess it's what drew me to the book in the first place! 🙈 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub How was the story? 8y
TheLondonBookworm @TheSpinecrackersBookClub Fascinating! Thompson immersed himself completely in with the gang risking everything. Interestingly the cover art was done by a British tattoo artist Dominique Holmes which is very fitting I think! 8y
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Oblomov26
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Let's get this out of the way, I am enormous fan of Hunter S Thompson, and this book is a perfect example as to why. In the mid 60's there was a scare in America about the rise of rebel bike gangs, especially the Hells Angels. Rather than accepting what the press said on face value, Hunter went out

Oblomov26 And actively met and caroused with the California Chapter of the Angels, and Angels they were not. Rather Hunter found a small, but due to press coverage, rapidly expanding group of one percenters, guys who lived outside society and the law, but who also try to live by their own code. 8y
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StephTKO
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Can't read in this household without being covered in pets.

Mayread This might be the best incongruous pic of a Thompson book being read. 8y
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Alisnazzy I meant that you guys just hanging out together reading is what relationship goals should be. But yes. Also squad goals. Maybe #FamilyGoals ? 8y
StephTKO @Ambrosnazzy Oh no, I meant that in addition to #RelationshipGoals, the dogs, cat and Michael also make up my squad, so #SquadGoals also. Sorry, my comment was ambiguous. 😖 8y
Alisnazzy @StephTKO we'll just go with #GoalsInGeneral lol. 8y
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BlueNoodleFritz
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"...like Genghis Khan on an iron horse, a monster steed with a fiery anus, flat out through the eye of a beer can and up your daughter's leg..."
I had my boyfriend read this one....that first paragraph always sucks me in...

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