A Wayward Angel

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THE CLASSICINSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE HELLS ANGELS, TOLD BY ONE OF ITS MOST NOTORIOOS LEADERS "Powerful in its striking reality, A WaywardAngel is not for the squeamish, but the descriptions of the inner codes and working of the club make for a read you can't put down." -Iron Works magaziné We all know about the Hells Angels: toughs on Harleys terrorizing the law-abiding; wild brawls and wild sex; drugs and cruelty, beatings, and even murder. But nobody really knows what it's like to be an Angel except an Angel. In this classic of Hells Angels literature, to be read alongside the works of Hunter S. Thompson and Sonny Barger, George Wethern-for many years the vice president of the Oakland Chapter-telis it like it is. Until he found himself in reluctant service to the courts, Wethern was the quintessential Angel. One of the West Coast's top drug dealers, he was a man who loved bikes, fights, women, and drugs; a man who knew the deepest secrets of Angel life. Arrested, strung out, in... Tovább

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THE CLASSICINSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE HELLS ANGELS, TOLD BY ONE OF ITS MOST NOTORIOOS LEADERS "Powerful in its striking reality, A WaywardAngel is not for the squeamish, but the descriptions of the inner codes and working of the club make for a read you can't put down." -Iron Works magaziné We all know about the Hells Angels: toughs on Harleys terrorizing the law-abiding; wild brawls and wild sex; drugs and cruelty, beatings, and even murder. But nobody really knows what it's like to be an Angel except an Angel. In this classic of Hells Angels literature, to be read alongside the works of Hunter S. Thompson and Sonny Barger, George Wethern-for many years the vice president of the Oakland Chapter-telis it like it is. Until he found himself in reluctant service to the courts, Wethern was the quintessential Angel. One of the West Coast's top drug dealers, he was a man who loved bikes, fights, women, and drugs; a man who knew the deepest secrets of Angel life. Arrested, strung out, in despair, he bought a precarious freedom by testifying in major trials against Angels members-and then disappeared into the witness protection program. A Wayward Angel is a powerful book, a not-for-the-squeamish portrait of the drug scene and the alienation from modern life in late-twentieth-century California. We witness killings, million-dollar drug deals, "picnics" that are nothing short of orgies, and the sometimes bizarre inner workings of the biker club. This is a story uniquely American. And it is a terrifying tale- because it's real. George Wethern was for many years an active member and key leader of the Hells Angels, until he was arrested on drug and weapons charges. He turnéd state's witness and is currently in hiding, with a new identity. Vincent Colnett is an independent journalist and writer. Vissza