The Mammoth Book of Bikers. Over 40 First-Hand Accounts of Riding High, Living Free, With the Word's Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Edited By Arthur Veno. With Contributions By Sonny Barger, Hunter S. Thompson, George Baby Huey Wethern, William Queen and Many More

ISBN 10: 1845295382 / ISBN 13: 9781845295387

Published by Robinson, London England, 2007

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Paperback. The Mammoth Book of Bikers. Outlaw bikers are the self-proclaimed 'last free people in society', unconstrained by the rules and regulations that clamp down the lives of ordinary citizena. And they guard their privacy jeaoulsly. In this unique anthology are over 40 first-hand accounts of their hidden world, including thrilling descriptions of flashpoints in biker folklore and classic pieces by George 'Baby Huey' Wethern, Edward Winterhalder, Sonny Barger and others. Among the gangs featured are the Bandidos, the Hells Angels, the Outlaws, the Mongols, the Rebels, the Rock Machine, and the Comancheros. Here too are rare accounts by outsiders who were accepted by the gangs, such as Hunter S. Thompson in 'Losers and Outsiders', Daniel R. Wolf in his account of riding with the Rebels, and William Queen the undercover agent who infiltrated the Mongols. 564 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

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• Title: The Mammoth Book of Bikers. Over 40 First-Hand Accounts of Riding High, Living Free, With the Word's Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
• Publisher: Robinson, London England
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845295382
• ISBN 13: 9781845295387
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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Arthur Veno is a leading expert on biker culture, and author of The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. He grew up in the US before moving to Australia. Most recently director of Monash University's Centre for Police and Justice Studies, Veno has studied the clubs for seventeen years, but he's no ordinary academic. He attends club nights, field days and runs, and counts members of the Gypsy Jokers, Hell's Angels and Coffin Cheaters as his friends (they call him the Mad Professor).