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<p><b>This chronicle of the life and wild times of <i>Phil Cross</i> explores his time as an outlaw biker; fights, jail, police chases, and that’s just the start.</b><br><br> In the early 1960s, a young Navy vet, motorcyclist and rebel named Phil Cross joined a motorcycle club called the Gypsy Jokers. He started a San Jose chapter of the Jokers and embarked on the most action-packed years of his life--the Jokers were in the midst of a <b>shooting war with the Hells Angels</b>.<br><br> The fighting became so intense that the Jokers <b>posted snipers atop their clubhouse</b>. This was a rough time, but it was also the height of the free-love hippie era, and as a young man, Cross enjoyed himself to the fullest. He never let anything as minor as a little jail time stop his fun. Once, while serving time for fighting and fleeing an officer, Cross<b> broke out of jail</b>, entered his bike in a bike show, won, and broke back into jail before anyone discovered he was missing.<br><br> Though Cross was tough, he was a certified martial arts instructor, the Angels proved a tough foe. After multiple beating-induced<b> emergency room visits</b>, Cross decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, so he and most of his club brothers became the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels. He has been a member of the Hells Angels for 47 years.<br><br> These are just a few of the stories you can expect to find in <i>Phil Cross</i>, Phil's complete story.</p>