The "Hell's Angels" Letters: Hunter Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of a Classic

By: Margaret A. Harrell, Hunter S. Thompson, Ron Whitehead

Narrated by: Margaret A. Harrell, Ron Whitehead, Becky Parker Whitehead

At last, the public can go inside the experience of Hunter Thompson at Random House. The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic is an important revelation in the legacy of Thompson, with letters that survived precarious shipping and travel over decades, cloaked away from the public. “If Hell’s Angels hadn’t happened I never would have been able to write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or anything else . . . I felt like I got through a door just as it was closing,” Hunter told Paris Review. When he secured a hardcover contract with Jim Silberman (Random House), the known part of the story breaks off. To whip up the final edits, Margaret A. Harrell, a young copy editor/assistant editor to Jim, was—in a break from the norm—given full rein to work with him by expensive long-distance phone and letter. This galvanizing action led to a fascinating tale. She uses the letters to resuscitate the cloaked, suspenseful withheld drama. The book peaks in their romantic get-together at his ranch twenty-one years after they last met, a moving tie maintained over the years.

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The "Hell's Angels" Letters is a remarkable story,

In The "Hell's Angels" Letters, the listener is introduced to the lives and realities of The Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson as a resource added to this intense and interesting story. Thompson passed in 2005, but he was a famous journalist and author. I haven't listened to anything from this author before, and I really enjoyed it. When an audiobook is put together in just a unique way, it brings not just the story, but the reality of the lives almost live and in living color. Thompson was the first person to write about the Hells Angels, and he spent a year of his live, living among them. This was an eye-opening story, because truth is always better and more interesting than fiction, rumors and innuendo. Magnificent story, kept this reader hanging on every word of the story. It's a great story to listen to and try to figure out what will happen next. Taking a story from letters and putting it together in such a way is so impressive. The legacy of Thompson will never be forgotten. The "Hell's Angels" Letters: Hunter Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of a Classic on audiobook is a definite listening recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. I look forward to listening to many more titles by this author. Amy's Bookshelf Reviews recommends that anyone who listens to this book, to also write a review.