Product Description

Walter Stadnick is not an imposing man. At five–foot–four, his face and arms scarred by fire in a motorcycle accident, he would not spring to mind as a leader of Canada′s most notorious biker gang, the Hells Angels. yet through sheer guts and determination, intelligence and luck, this Hamilton–born youth who had the nickname of "Nurget" rose in the Hells Angels ranks to become national president. Not only did he lead the Angels through the violent war with their rivals the rock machine in Montreal in the Nineties, Stadnick saw opportunity to grow the Hells Angels into a national criminal gang. he was a visionary––and a highly successful one.

Bikers are not known for their fondness for rival gangs. Stadnick and the Angels fought and defeated rival gangs, or used power of persuasion to patch them over. As Stadnick′s influence spread, law enforcement took notice of the growing presence of the Angels in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. However, Stadnick′s success did not come without a price. Arrested and charged with 13 counts of first–degree murder, stadnick beat the murder charges but was convicted of gangsterism and is currently serving time.

Fallen Angel details one man′s improbable rise to power in one of the world′s most violent organizations, while shedding light on how this enigmatic and dangerous biker gang operated and why it remains so powerful.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #329557 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From the Back Cover
Walter Stadnick is not an imposing man. At five–foot–four, his face and arms scarred by fire in a motorcycle accident, he would not spring to mind as a leader of Canada′s most notorious biker gang, the Hells Angels. yet through sheer guts and determination, intelligence and luck, this Hamilton–born youth who had the nickname of "Nurget" rose in the  Hells Angels ranks to become national president. Not only did he lead the Angels through the violent war with their rivals the rock machine in Montreal in the Nineties, Stadnick saw opportunity to grow the Hells Angels into a national criminal gang. he was a visionary—and a highly successful one.

Bikers are not known for their fondness for rival gangs. Stadnick and the Angels fought and defeated rival gangs, or used power of persuasion to patch them over. As Stadnick′s influence spread, law enforcement took notice of the  growing presence of the Angels in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. However, Stadnick′s success did not come without a price. Arrested and charged with 13 counts of first–degree murder, stadnick beat the murder charges but was convicted of gangsterism and is currently serving time.

Fallen Angel details one man′s improbable rise to power in one of the world′s most violent organizations, while shedding light on how this enigmatic and dangerous biker gang operated and why it remains so powerful.

About the Author
Jerry Langton grew up in Hamilton, where he wrote for The Hamilton Spectator. He also contributed to Maclean’s. After a move to New York, he became the deputy editor for The Daily News. Having returned to Toronto, Langton is a freelance writer whose work appears regularly in The Globe & Mail and The Toronto Star.

Customer Reviews

A hard read
Quite a good book with a lot of information about the rise and fall of Stadnick, but it is so complicated to follow, the author dances back and forth from year to year and makes it difficult to keep track of what happened and when, there are a few things that are discussed on one chapter and again in another but in a different concept, well worth reading though if you have an interest in outlaw bikers.

The best Hells Angels book out there
After reading Angels of Death this book was clearly better, Langton provides us with a detailed and fascinating account of Walter Stadnick and organized biker crime in Canada. I really enjoyed the style in which the book is written. It is very vivid in its descriptions and reads as well as any fictional thriller.

A must read for anyone who enjoys true crime!

It has a nice cover!
A difficult book to follow,i kept loosing the plot as to who i was reading about.Stadnick pops up from time to time and meets someone who knows someone else, and after reading 3-5 pages of them and their friends,family and what they have for breakfast along will come stadnick again and we are back to square one.
Maybe as i have only read it once i am the one with the confused disposition.If i was you i would certainly spend my money on ice-cream for your kids at the sea-side rather than on this as it would be more enjoyable!!