Fear and Loathing in America - The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext _______________ '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 _______________ 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. Zusammenfassung Shows how the author build 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."

Product details

• Authors: Hunter S. Thompson, Thompson Hunter S.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2001
• EAN: 9780747553458
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-5345-8
• No. of pages: 756
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 50 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Aspen, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Biography: business and industry, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, News media and journalism