The Life and Death of Sam Crow: How the Sons of Anarchy Lost Their Way is a book written by John Teller after the death of his son Thomas Teller. The main theme of the book is John's regrets about what SAMCRO had become and what his original idea for the club was. In the pilot episode Jax found his fathers book in storage and began to read it. At the end of the season Gemma Teller Morrow found and took the original but Jax was given a copy by Piney at Donna Winston's funeral. In season 2 Jax gives the book to Tara and Opie to read.