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Fear and loathing at Rolling Stone: the essential writing of Hunter S. Thompson

edited and with a foreword by Jann S. Wenner; and with an introduction by Paul Scanlon
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012
Copyright:
©2011

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Summary:
An anthology of top-selected "Rolling Stone" articles offers insight into both the late Thompson's early career and the magazine's fledgling years, in a volume that includes the stories of his infamous Freak Party sheriff campaign and his observations about the Bush-versus-Kerry presidential rivalry.
Table of Contents:
  • The battle of Aspen : freak power in the Rockies : October 1, 1970
  • Strange rumblings in Aztlan : the murder of Ruben Salazar : April 29, 1971
  • Memo from the sports desk : the so-called "Jesus freak" scare : September 2, 1971
  • Fear & loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American Dream, part II ... by Raoul Duke : November 25, 1971
  • The campaign trail : Is this trip necessary? : January 6, 1972
  • The campaign trail : The million-pound shithammer : February 3, 1972
  • The campaign trail : Fear and loathing in New Hampshire : March 2, 1972
  • The campaign trail : The view from Key Biscayne : March 16, 1972
  • The campaign trail : The banshee screams in Florida : April 13, 1972
  • The campaign trail : Bad news from Bleak House : total failure in Milwaukee ... with a few quick thoughts on the shocking victory of Double-George ... : April 27, 1972
  • The campaign trail : More late news from Bleak House : May 11, 1972
  • The campaign trail : Crank-time on the low road : June 6, 1972
  • The campaign trail : Fear and loathing in California : traditional politics with a vengeance : July 6, 1972
  • The campaign trail : In the eye of the hurricane : July 20, 1972
  • The campaign trail : Fear & loathing in Miami : old bulls meet the butcher : August 17, 1972
  • The campaign trail : More fear and loathing in Miami : Nixon bites the bomb : September 28, 1972
  • The campaign trail : The fat city blues : October 26, 1972
  • Ask not for whom the bell tolls ... : November 9, 1972
  • Memo from the sports desk & rude notes from a decompression chamber in Miami : August 2, 1973
  • Fear and loathing at the Watergate : Mr. Nixon has cashed his check : September 27, 1973
  • Fear and loathing at the Super Bowl : February 28, 1974
  • Fear and loathing in limbo : the scum also rises : October 10, 1974
  • Interdicted dispatch from the Global Affairs Desk : May 22, 1975
  • Fear & loathing on the campaign trail '76 : third-rate romance, low-rent rendezvous : June 3, 1976
  • Fear & loathing in the graveyard of the weird : the banshee screams for buffalo meat : December 15, 1977
  • Last tango in Vegas : fear and loathing in the near room and the far room : May 4 and May 18, 1978
  • A dog took my place : July 21, 1983
  • The taming of the shrew : May 30, 1991
  • Fear and loathing in Elko : January 23, 1992
  • Mr. Bill's neighborhood : September 17, 1992
  • Letter to William Greider : January 27, 1994
  • He was a crook : June 16, 1994
  • Polo is my life : fear and loathing in horse country : December 15, 1994
  • Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Dollar Bill Greider : August 24, 1995
  • Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Jann S. Wenner : August 8, 1996
  • The shootist : a short tale of extreme precision and no fear : September 18, 1997
  • Memo from the National Affairs Desk: More trouble in Mr. Bill's neighborhood : March 19, 1998
  • Hey rube! I love you : eerie reflections on fuel, madness & music : May 13, 1999
  • The fun-hogs in the passing lane : November 11, 2004
  • Postscript : letter from HST to JSW.
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Author/Creator:
Thompson, Hunter S.
Contributors:
Wenner, Jann
Scanlon, Paul
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Fear and loathing at Rolling Stone: the essential writing of Hunter S. Thompson [by Thompson, H.S.]
Related Works:
Rolling stone (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects:
Thompson, Hunter S.
Thompson, Hunter S. — Correspondence
Wenner, Jan — Correspondence
Genres:
Correspondence
Physical Description:
xi, 572 pages ; 22 cm
Call Numbers:
PN4874.T444 F43 2012
ISBNs:
9781439165966 (pbk.)
1439165963 (pbk.)
9781439170236 (ebk.) [Invalid]
1439170231 (ebk.) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2011032312 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
1003753768
815837525 [Invalid]