Hells Angels Motorcycle Club | 
 enlarge | Creators: Sonny Barger, Andrew Shaylor
Publisher: Merrell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 281091
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1858944074
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.93061
EAN: 9781858944074
ASIN: 1858944074
Publication Date: September 30, 2007
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Book Description
Photographer Andrew Shaylor was given unique access, over several years, to the secret world of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. He set out to assemble a truthful depiction of this much misunderstood group, and the result is a remarkable collection of photographs. Now available in paperback for the first time, Shaylor's powerfully honest portraits show the diversity of the club's members, while images of important HAMC events give fascinating insights into a club that has remained closed to outsiders... until now. Over 300 stunning photographs - including new images appearing for the first time in this edition - reveal the rich diversity of the HAMC. It features HAMC events, members' motorcycles, clubhouses, over 100 incisive portraits and a multitude of details that uniquely define HAMC culture. It contains a specially commissioned foreword by Sonny Barger, internationally well-known and respected member of the HAMC.
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 Before you buy, Be Aware! June 20, 2008
This book is not what you think! Great photo's, great stories, but come on, not a SINGLE photo or info on the original and FAR better known US based Hells Angels. The entire book cover to cover is ONLY UK BASED ANGELS!. No disrespect to them and if you are from the UK, the book is great. But to those in the US who want to see pictures of the legends and hear about the dozens of stories of the original Angels, this book is a major letdown. NOTHING on the cover of the book nor in the book description mention the fact the book is 100% UK based Hells Angels. That, in my opinion was done on purpose because they know the book will not sell anywhere near as well. I assure you, when the vast majority of people WORLDWIDE hear the name "Hells Angels", they are thinking of the original California and the Legendary New York City chapters and the dozens of stories that go with them, NOT London, Wolverhampton, etc (Again, no disrespect). Great photo's, great text, but overall dissapointed.
 Bike photos April 24, 2008
If you want to look at pictures of bikers, and their families, many just like olan mills portrait style, then buy this book. Not much narrative. Forward by Sonny.
 A "must have" for any biker February 11, 2008
A very interresting book, or I better say whitness of who aree these persons (ie all different), and what's their kind of life as Hells Angels, as the author took his time to know some of them, and be known by them.
The photographs are stunning and very important to help the reader understanding what this club is and is not.
Buy it, put it on a wishlist, but find a way to have it ! It's not the kind of book you read only once: You'll be back in it from times to time...
Laurent
 Great book, bad title January 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since I own the hardcover of this book, I knew what to expect. I was not disappointed like some others were. I really really liked the new photos that are in this version of the book. I love the images and the insight into the bigger world of the HAMC, that it is a worldwide organization and that, like anything imported from anywhere, there is a local spin put on it by each culture. Here in the states we think everything is about us. American Idol is not an American show, we've just put our spin on it. I think the publishers (an English company) wanted to get the book to cross the pond by making the title so broad. They should have called it, "Riding With The Hells Angels in Wankerland" or something like that. Any other ideas? It's still a great visual glimpse into a world I missed out on growing up.
A top pick for any California general-interest lending library strong in California alternative culture. December 4, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Photographer Andrew Shaylor was given unique access to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and sought to provide an excellent representation of the group: available in paper for the first time is a set of images captured at their important events, worldwide. The Hells Angels Club is a huge part of California culture in addition to being worldwide, so this color-photo-packed representation is a top pick for any California general-interest lending library strong in California alternative culture.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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