Chapter 6: Old Ladies, Main Squeezes, and the Maid of Livermore Summary and Analysis

Hell's Angels are very protective of their women. Women had always baffled Sonny since his mother abandoned him as a baby. She wrote letters to him and tried to regain contact with him, but he rejected her attempts. During the early days of the club, Tommy Thomas was the only married member and Sonny always had a steady girlfriend. The other guys usually wound up with the town sluts. Some very sophisticated girls, however, were drawn to the wild side that the Angels represented.

The members were sexually active to say the least. The Monterey rape incident drew the attention of the national press. Sonny was in jail at the time on a drug bust. The bikers rode into Monterey and wound up...