Hell's Angel

The only authorized, authentic book about the Hell's Angels by founding member, Sonny Barger.

Hell's Angel chronicles the origins and rise of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club through the eyes of its founding member. Sonny Barger started the Oakland chapter of the Hell’s Angels in the late 50s with a loose-knit group of high school dropouts and social outcasts. Bonded by the love of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, they formed a cadre of hard-driving hombres and answered the call of the open road.

Hell's Angel is not only a story of motorcycles, it is a tale of loyalty and betrayal, subcultures and brotherhood and freedom. It is Sonny’s fight for personal freedom and his right to exist with a band of individuals who choose a life outside the law.

This raw, firsthand account lays bare the code of the world's most famous motorcycle club:

• True Crime Memoir: Told in his own words, Sonny Barger recounts the events that defined a generation and made the Hell’s Angels a symbol of rebellion.
• American Outlaws: Discover the story behind the Oakland chapter’s formation from a loose-knit group of social outcasts into a disciplined cadre bonded by the open road.
• Brotherhood and Betrayal: A gritty look at the fierce loyalty, rigid code, and brutal consequences that held the club together—and sometimes tore it apart.
• Counterculture History: Go inside the sizzle of the acid-drenched sixties, the clashes with the law, and the fight for personal freedom that shook the establishment.