Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was a professional journalist, and I had been given $300 in cash by the sporting editors of a magazine in New York. I had spent most of it on extremely dangerous drugs. The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. #2 My attorney and I were hitchhiking to Las Vegas. We were looking for the American Dream. We were going to cut the boy’s head off and bury him somewhere if he heard us talking about the Manson family. #3 I was extremely important for the meaning of our journey to be made clear. I was certain that the Mint 400 was the richest off-the-road race for motorcycles and dune-buggies in the history of organized sport. #4 I told the lieutenant that the bike was two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds.
‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you...
Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.
The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico, now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp
... 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.
"An intimate, close-up portrait of Hunter S. Thompson, fearless outlaw journalist, "avenging proxy for the American polity," whose manic first-person articles and exposâes so interwoven with the getting of the story, gave rise to gonzo ...
“Delta Dawn . . . What's that flower you have on?” Fine music on my radio as dawn comes up on the Rockies . . . But suddenly the music ends and ABC (American Entertainment Network) News interrupts: Martha Mitchell is demanding that ...
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.
(Applause Books). Based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, this is the screenplay of the movie. Includes thoughts by both Tony Grisoni and Terry Gilliam.
"This is the authoritative study that the creator of Gonzo journalism deserves. As Peter Richardson shows, Thompson's outraged coverage of the American circus in all its tragedy and hilarity has largely stood the test of time.
These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style.