Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club Menginie Anthony LTPaperback

Winner of the USA Book News National Book Award for Best Nonfiction True Crime and Best Memoir/AutobiographyBy the time he was thirteen, he already had attended thirteen funerals.Abandoned by his mother, and with his father, Mangy Menginie--president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, Philadelphia chapter--in jail, Anthony LT Menginie is raised inside the Pagans and inducted into a life of sex, violence, drugs, and organized crime.In Mangy's absence, LT finds a father figure in the Saint, a club member who helps teach him the difference between the club members you respect...and those you fear. Soon all hell breaks loose when Mangy betrays the club by going over to the rival Hells Angels, helping to touch off the Biker Wars in The author recounts the power struggles that occur when Mangy is released from jail and tries to resume his role as father and president.