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Hell's Angels began as the article "The Motorcycle Gangs: Losers and Outsiders" written by Thompson for the May 17, 1965 issue of The Nation. [citation needed] In March 1965, The Nation editor Carey McWilliams wrote to Thompson and offered to pay the journalist for an article on the subject of motorcycle gangs, and the Hells Angels in particular.
Thompson was born into a middle-class family in Louisville, Kentucky, the first of three sons of Virginia Davison Ray (1908, Springfield, Kentucky – March 20, 1998, Louisville), who worked as head librarian at the Louisville Free Public Library and Jack Robert Thompson (September 4, 1893, Horse Cave, Kentucky – July 3, 1952, Louisville), a public insurance adjuster and World War I veteran. [6]
Thompson's books include: [1] Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Random House, 1967, (Trade Cloth) Random House Publishing Group, 1975, ISBN 0-345-24825-2 (Mass Market) Random House Publishing Group, 1980, ISBN 0-345-29238-3 (Mass Market) Random House Publishing Group, 1981, ISBN 0-345-30113-7 (Mass Market)
The musical, which spans Thompson's childhood in Kentucky to his death in Colorado, tracks the creation of his mythologized image through his best-known works — "Hell's Angels," "The Kentucky ...
Pages in category "Books by Hunter S. Thompson" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Hell's Angels (book) M. Mistah Leary – He Dead
Its colorful history includes members' attacks on concertgoers at Altamont, California, in 1969, its love-hate relationship with the late author Hunter S. Thompson and its deadly clash with ...
Hunter S. Thompson (1999). Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. Modern Library. ISBN 978-0-679-60331-3. Yves Lavigne (2000). Hell's Angels: Taking Care of Business. Random House of Canada, Limited. ISBN 978-0-7704-2858-7. Valerie Smart (2001). The Original Hell's Angels: 303rd Bombardment Group of World War II. Arcadia Publishing.
Don Johnson and gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson enjoyed a surprising friendship for nearly three decades until Thompson's death by suicide in 2005. "I loved him," the actor tells PEOPLE of the ...