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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone The Essential Writing of Hunter S Thompson Author:Hunter S. Thompson ?A tome as varied and enthralling in its contents as Thompson?s satchel? (Men?s Journal), this is the definitive volume of Hunter S. Thompson's articles published in Rolling Stone, including a wealth of never before seen correspondence and internal memos from his storied tenure there.?Buy the ticket, take the ride,? was a favorite slogan of Hunt... more »er S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life. Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist?s friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles that begin with Thompson?s infamous run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Party ticket in 1970 and end with his final piece on the Bush-Kerry showdown of 2004. In between is Thompson?s remarkable coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone traces the evolution of a personal and professional relationship that helped redefine modern American journalism, presenting Thompson through a new prism as he pursued his lifelong obsession: The life and death of the American Dream.« less
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