Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. ThompsonFrom the bestselling author of The Rum Diary and king of “Gonzo” journalism Hunter S. Thompson, comes the definitive collection of the journalist’s finest work from Rolling Stone. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home. “Buy the ticket, take the ride,” was a favorite slogan of Hunter 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—and a wealth of never- before-seen correspondence and internal memos from Hunter’s storied tenure at Rolling Stone—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. The definitive volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s work published in the magazine, 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. |
Contents
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21 | |
The Murder of Ruben Salazar | 44 |
The SoCalled Jesus Freak Scare | 64 |
Letter from HST to ISW 571 | 74 |
A Savage Iourney to the Heart of | |
Is This Trip Necessary? 112 | |
Fear and Loathing in New Hampshire 136 | |
The Fat City Blues 255 | |
Mr Nixon Has Cashed | |
Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl 294 | |
The Scum Also Rises 319 | |
Interdicted Dispatch from the Global Affairs Desk 347 | |
Fear and Loathing in the Near Room | |
ADog Took My Place 439 | |
The Taming of the Shrew 463 | |
March 2 1972 | |
More Late News from Bleak House 175 | |
june 8 1972 | |
july 6 1972 | |
More Fear and Loathing in Miami | |
Mr Bills Neighborhood 496 | |
Fear and Loathing in Horse Country 517 | |
Acknowledgments 513 | |
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