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A01=Hunter S. Thompson
American history historical
Aspen Colorado
Author_Hunter S. Thompson
Better Than Sex
Brilliant outrageous
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Collected journalism
Correspondence famous
Curse of Lono
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Eyewitness account
Generation of Swine
Hell's Angels
Incisive journaling journal
Jimmy Carter politics
Johnny Depp
Kingdom of Fear
Kurt Vonnegut
Las Vegas Rum Diary
Letter collections
Major motion picture film
On the Campaign Trail '72
Proud Highway America
Reportage USA America
Reporting for Rolling Stone
Screwjack
Seminal political writer
Songs of the Doomed
The Great Shark Hunt
Tom Wolfe
Product details
- ISBN 9780747553458
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'The music made by the language resembles gunfire, or an exploding grenade ... he fires off missives as though they were missiles' - Observer
'Very few editions of collected letters are worth reading from cover to cover, but this is one' - Scotland on Sunday
'There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them' - Tom Wolfe
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Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, Hunter S. Thompson is back with another astonishing volume of private correspondence, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway.
Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado, creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
To read Thompson's dispatches from these years - addressed to authors and friends, enemies, editors and creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe and Kurt Vonnegut - is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history.
Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a regular contributor to various national and international publications. He lived in a fortified compound in Colorado until his death in 2005.
