The Hell’s Angels Letters: Hunter S. Thompson, Margaret Harrell and the Making of an American Classic.

Norfolk Press (2021). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. 283 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Harrell was the freelance copy editor for HELL’S ANGELS, Thompson’s first book. Worried about being stomped by a group of unhappy bikers, Random House subjected the book to an intense vetting. Thompson and Harrell formed an alliance and then briefly had a romance. This generous hardcover reproduces Thompson’s letters to her in facsimile, along with a wealth of photographs. Jim Silberman, Rosalie Sorrels, David Streitfeld, William J. Kennedy, and others contribute. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Harrell. New, at publication price (net):