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Exile on Front Street

My Life as a Hells Angel...and Beyond

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Exile on Front Street

Written by: George Christie
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Summary

After 40 years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to retire. As president of the high-profile Ventura charter of the club, he had been the yin to Sonny Barger's yang. Barger was the reckless figurehead and de facto world leader of the Hells Angels. Christie was the negotiator, the spokesman, the thinker, the guy who smoothed things out. He was the one who carried the Olympic torch and counted movie stars, artists, rock musicians, and police chief captains among his friends. But leaving the Hells Angels isn't easy, and within two weeks of retirement, he was told he was "out bad" - blackballed by his fellow Angels, prohibited from wearing the club patch, and even told he should remove his Death Head tattoo.

Now Christie sets out to tell his story. Exile on Front Street is the tale of how a former marine gave up a comfortable job with the Department of Defense and swore allegiance to the Hells Angels. In this revealing, hard-hitting memoir, he recounts his life as an outlaw biker with the world's most infamous motorcycle club.

©2016 George Christie (P)2017 Tantor Organized Crime True Crime Motorcycle Crime
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"Christie articulately defends his outlaw code, which he adhered to at great personal cost." ( Publishers Weekly)
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This man has insanely large testicles. I will give him that!

Especially with the last few lines of the book... sad to hear he lost his son how he did... gotta take better care of ourselves!

Great read!

Crazy!

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Christie comes off as a wise, thoughtful, albeit biased writer on the Hell's Angels and his 40 year exploits with them. The narrator's gritty tone was the perfect fit for the story. The content of the story itself was compelling enough to keep me listening, but I wouldn't consider it a classic by any stretch. Probably a good fit for anyone interested in organized crime and especially Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, but if neither topic is of interest I would probably skip it.

A fine recounting of an Outlaw's life

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Great story a from an interesting perspective. Narration was good but not great. Overall, it's worth worth a listen.

Good Listen

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Well read and gives a great insight to the life of MC’s
If you are interested in the outlaw life style , this is for you.

Great story of an amazing life!

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thought I wouldn't like the voice but it grew on me and was a very good look into OMC

good book

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