An anthology of top-selected Rolling Stone articles offers insight into both the late Thompson's early career and the magazine's fledgling years, in a volume that includes the stories of his infamous Freak Party sheriff campaign and his observations about the Bush-versus-Kerry presidential rivalry. By the best-selling author of The Rum Diary. 100,000 first printing.
fully get straight enough to cope with whatever might happen at dawn. Now off the escalator and into the casino, big crowds still tight around the crap tables. Who are these people? These faces! Where do they come from?
The "gonzo" political journalist presents his frankly subjective observations on the personalities and political machinations of the 1972 presidential campaign, in a new edition of the classic account of the dark side of American politics.
... the anger within me looks forward to seeing the fear in their faces ... and the burning. Oscar. TO. KAREN. SAMPSON: Thompson could be extraordinarily generous with his time and thoughts in responding to young Hell's Angels fans such as.
From Hunter S. Thompson's first piece for Rolling Stone --the story of his infamous run for sheriff of Aspen in 1970--to his last--an examination of the Kerry/Bush showdown in 2004--FEAR AND LOATHING AT ROLLING STONE presents more than 40 ...
This book focuses on a key period of his life, namely his formative years in California. Richardson gives us Thompson witnessing the birth of the American counterculture.
Generation of Swine collects hundreds of columns from the infamous journalist’s 1980s tenure at the San Francisco Examiner.
These tales -- often sleazy, brutal, and crude -- are only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called "the most baffling human iceberg of our time.
He'd come back to his stable environment, where things were nice and peaceful, and cook some food and hang out. I was right after Sandy, and in that sense, I think Hunter and I both thought we were going to create that thing again.
... 201, 217, 230, 233,236, 239,273 Stranahan, George, 126, 262, 306, 325 “Strange Rumblings inAztlan” (Thompson), 157–62, 165, 166, 178, 332–33 Street, Donald, 58 Studio for Men, 325 Styron, William, 52–53 Suares,J.C., 144 Suez Crisis, ...
These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style.