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Reliving family stories
I brought great joy to hear these stories told the the one and only Sonny! Well writen and true to the facts and open.
posted by 6240809 on May 14, 2011
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
disappointment
The book is just one we are bad and this is what we did over and over again. It was a disappointment it may have been better if he would have had help with writing it.
posted by R2RG on December 5, 2011
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6240809
Posted May 14, 2011
Reliving family stories
I brought great joy to hear these stories told the the one and only Sonny! Well writen and true to the facts and open.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 17, 2011
This book is hardcore and well written!
If you have any interest at all in the motorcycle club culture this book is a must read. It gives a pesronal insight that is second to none since since it comes from the first in command! You can tell Sonny has a passion for motorcycles as well as his club and brothers. Read this book!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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One of the best i've read
This was a very good read, I enjoyed it very much!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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R2RG
Posted December 5, 2011
disappointment
The book is just one we are bad and this is what we did over and over again. It was a disappointment it may have been better if he would have had help with writing it.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted July 16, 2008
Fantastic!!
Hell's Angel will bring out the outlaw motorcyclist in you. From the first to the last you will feel like Sonny is telling you about his ups and downs throughout his time with the Hell's Angels. You will gain a respect for their brotherhood and devotion for each other. You won't be able to put this book down.**Enjoy**
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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MargieF
Posted December 19, 2012
I love this book. I think everyone should read it. There is noth
I love this book. I think everyone should read it. There is nothing I didn't like about this book.
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Anonymous
Posted May 14, 2012
A MUST READ FOR ANYONE!
One of the best books I've ever read I highly recommend it for anyone. The book is so addicting I staid awake till 3am reading.
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Anonymous
Posted March 2, 2012
Good Read!
I'm about as polar opposite of a Hell's Angel follower as one may be able to be. In fact, motorcycles scare me. However, I love people and learning about people and groups. I found this book to be honest; some books like itis are full of impossible to believe stories and obvious bigger than life egos. Sonny kept to his experience and knowledge...even admitted when he talked about something as 3rd hand knowledge. I can honestly say that while I don't agree with some activities they engage in, i have a new respect for them. I'd bet a paycheck that most Angel's really are good people, trying to pay bills, raise their kids just like most people. Never thought I' d read a book like this but I'm grateful I did. Thanks, Sonny....great job!
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Anonymous
Posted August 23, 2011
Highly Recommend... Couldn't put the book down!
One of those books that you stay up into the wee hours of the night reading even though you know you should be sleeping to be at your best for work in the morning. Sonny's dry sense of humor is hilarious and very candid.
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Anonymous
Posted December 13, 2006
Very good
If you are into motorcycle groups, or the hells angels, or modern day rebels this book will suit you well, I read this book over summer and I really enjoyed sitting down and reading it.
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Anonymous
Posted July 29, 2005
Excellant, Exciting and Insightful
One of the best books I've read. Sonny Barger teels it like it is. The formation of one of the largest Motorcycle Gangs in the country shows the changing climate in the nation along with the need for freedom.
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Anonymous
Posted December 16, 2003
Expose' on the Angels lifestyle
Interesting view of one of the original bike gang/club's in America. I share with Sonny Barger the love of H-D motorcycles and chopping but I can't idolize the outlaw lifestyle he lived.
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted November 1, 2002
Awsomely suspenseful
The summery of this story was a very tough story. It is a five star rated story because he throws his great life away.
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Anonymous
Posted July 21, 2002
More than enough...
Sonny Barger gives you more than enough Hell's Angels stories than you could ever imagine. Barger leaves nothing out in telling tales of the motorcylce crusades across the country. Stories that will blow your mind away about drugs, Prison life and of course girls.
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Anonymous
Posted September 5, 2002
AWESOME!!!
Your books are awesome.Brotherhood is is something true,and you have proved that in your books.
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Anonymous
Posted June 27, 2002
Great Book
Once you pick it up, you cannot put it down! Barger did a great job depicting his life and all the excitement and hardships he endured starting the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. I only wish that there were more to tell. After reading this book I want to meet the man behind the story.
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Anonymous
Posted September 18, 2001
RALPH 'SONNY'BARGER IS TO MOTORCYCLING, LIKE 'GOD IS TO HEAVEN'.
I CANNOT THINK OF A HEAVEN WITHOUT GOD, NOR CAN I THINK OF MOTERCYCLE WORLD WITHOUT 'SONNY' HIS BOOK LET ME IN HIS WORLD FOR A SHORT WHILE. THIS WAS A PRIVLEGE I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
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Anonymous
Posted April 27, 2001
Setting the Pace
You will hear the throaty roar and feel the vigration of a good road machine as you cruise past these pages about a real life leader of the pack. The motorcycle club subculture has been an important theme in Hollywood (from The Wild One to Easy Rider) and in recordings (the song, Leader of the Pack). Everyone who sees the Hell's Angels has an opinion about what is going on, yet few have had a first hand relationship with a member. This book gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like for Oakland's leader of the pack, one of the first branches of the Hell's Angels. I grew up in San Bernardino (Berdoo in the book) which was an even earlier branch of the Hell's Angels than was Oakland's group. Some people I went to high school with joined the Hell's Angels. We all heard many stories about the group, and what went on. We treated these people with extreme caution and gave them a wide berth. The book brings out an ethos of freedom (the open road) combined with a masculine emphasis on being respected and being loyal to friends. At the same time, there is an underlying sense of the frontier marshall, wanting to clean up those who were challenging law and order. Behind that there is a disregard for the rules most of us follow, whether in speed, drugs, theft, or violence. This book is filled with deaths, injuries, and destruction. The Hell's Angels live in a dangerous world, and that doesn't bother them. What would bother them is not following their code of ethics. Having read about all of the things the Hell's Angels are supposed to have done in the last 50 or so years, it is interesting to hear it from the other side. Although you probably won't want to emulate Sonny Barger in too many ways, you'll certainly never forget him. If you love motorcycles (as many of us do), you'll be moved by his loving descriptions of various bikes. He was truly the wild one at the head of the bike pack. I would suggest that you not share this book with impressionable adolescents. Donald Mitchell, co-author of The Irresistible Growth Enterprise and The 2,000 Percent Solution
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Anonymous
Posted February 25, 2001
The Truth About An American Legend
This book was recommended for me to read by my boyfriend, who does follow the Hell's Angels; not as a biker, but just as a 'fan.' Finally know the truth about the man and the myth. The man who has fought for what he believes in. The truth and way that he and others want to live. Keep on riding Sonny, along with the rest of you.
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Anonymous
Posted January 2, 2001
The Story straight from the Horses mouth !
THIS IS A RECOUNT OF THE GENESIS OF BIKER CLUBS.The thing that you can say is the rules that society makes are an evolutionary process.[Not Darwin type,the real kind]In this book you will get a real sense of what an organization based on a mans word can accomplish.As it is told ,the life of a Clubmember has a code similar to the the Mafia.Meanwhile the government is exposed for what they are ,tyrants ,by Sonny's recounting these stories.The times have changed and the Angels much like the Mafia members were disallusioned by the free living and cavalier lifestyle.I think it was very honest of the founder of the HAMC to tell this side o the story ,and the members stories who have fallen by the wayside ,many died for the same reason they lived ,pushing everything to the limit ,living on or even over the edge. Bottom line ,interesting ,revealing,and fasinating!
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