The Proud Highway

_____________ ''Brilliant'' - Observer ''Vivid, hyperactive, combative, ferociously intelligent and iconoclastic'' - Guardian ''Splendidly corrosive'' - Independent _____________ The Proud Highway is a literary milestone. The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson''s intimate letters begins with a high school essay written in 1955, and takes us through 1967, when the publication of Hell''s Angels made the author an international celebrity. Thompson''s prolific and often profound correspondence gives us an unforgettable insight into the world during the Cold War era, as well as an authoritative introduction to the cultural revolution of the sixties. With a vicious eye for detail and rude wit he writes to such luminaries as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Lyndon Johnson and Joan Baez. These letters represent the evolution of the original, a singular voice defying an era of banality, and cements Thompson''s reputation as one of the great romantic journalistic figures of our time.>

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hunter S. Thompson, Thompson Hunter S.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2011
• EAN: 9781408822937
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-2293-7
• No. of pages: 720
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 45 mm
• Series: The Fear and Loathing Letters; The Fear and Loathing Letters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Diaries, letters and journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs