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  • Hunter S. Thompson talks about Hells Angels (1967)
  • TV Special | 15 min | Talk-Show
Hunter S. Thompson talks about Hells Angels (1967)
TV Special | 15 min | Talk-Show
In 1965 Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, hired Hunter S. Thompson to write a story about the Hells Angels* motorcycle club in California. The article appeared on May 17, 1965, and after that Thompson received several book offers and...See moreIn 1965 Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, hired Hunter S. Thompson to write a story about the Hells Angels* motorcycle club in California. The article appeared on May 17, 1965, and after that Thompson received several book offers and spent the next year living and riding with the club. The relationship broke down when the bikers perceived that Thompson was exploiting them for personal gain and demanded a share of the profits from his writings. An argument at a party resulted in Thompson suffering a savage beating (or "stomping", as the Angels referred to it). Random House published the hard-cover Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in 1966, and the fight between Thompson and the Angels was well-marketed. CBC Television even broadcast an encounter between Thompson and Hells Angel Skip Workman before a live studio audience. Written by ABC News See less
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Margaret Throsby (staff writer)
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Peter Jennings
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Updated Dec 31, 1967
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1967 (United States)

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