{"title":"Hunter S. Thompson Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fear-and-loathing-at-rolling-stone-the-essential-writing-of-hunter-s-thompson-paperback","title":"Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJann Wenner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrewjack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kingdom of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in February 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606939312283,"sku":"9781439165966","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Fear-and-Loathing-at-Rolling-Stone-The-Essential-Writing-of-Hunter-S_-Thompson-Paperback.webp?v=1790080750"},{"product_id":"hunter-s-thompson-the-last-interview-and-other-conversations-paperback","title":"Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Streitfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHUNTER S. THOMPSON\u003c\/b\u003e (1937-2005) was the inventor and pretty much the sole practitioner of Gonzo journalism. His first book, \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, is the definitive work on the motorcycle gang. Gonzo was born with the 1970 magazine article, \u003ci\u003eThe Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved\u003c\/i\u003e, and reached a peak with \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e. His reporting on the 1972 campaign trail earned him accolades for being unafraid to tell the wretched truth about politics. On the basis of those pioneering works, Thompson became a celebrity and lived a life of wild abandon. When he killed himself, he left a note saying \"No more fun.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID STREITFELD\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Interview \u003c\/i\u003ebooks on Gabriel García Márquez, Philip K. Dick and J.D. Salinger, all published by Melville House. He is a reporter for The New York Times, where in 2013 he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family and too many books.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606939345051,"sku":"9781612196930","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Hunter-S_-Thompson-The-Last-Interview-And-Other-Conversations-Paperback.webp?v=1790080751"},{"product_id":"fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-and-other-american-stories-hardcover","title":"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Steadman\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e50th-anniversary edition of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eclassic, savagely comic account of a trip to Las Vegas that came to represent what happened to America in the 1960s--and a founding document of \"gonzo journalism\"--featuring the original artwork by Ralph Steadman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand a new introduction by Caity Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1971, \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e is told through Hunter S. Thompson's story of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and \"check it out.\" The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, it has \"a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's \u003ci\u003eAn American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 50th-anniversary Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings, a new introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e writer Caity Weaver, and three companion pieces selected by Thompson: \"Jacket Copy for \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan,\" and \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and \"check it out.\" The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in The New York Times, it has \"a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out.\"\u003cbr\u003e This Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings and three companion pieces selected by Dr. Thompson: \"Jacket Copy for Fear and Loath-\u003cbr\u003eing in Las Vegas,\" \"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan,\" and \"The Kentucky Derby Is Deca-\u003cbr\u003edent and Depraved.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937 and died in Colorado in 2005. He contributed regularly to a wide variety of publications but is probably best known for his work as national-affairs correspondent for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e in which \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e originally appeared. He originated \"gonzo journalism,\" in which the reporter is a part of the story. \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a major motion picture, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606939574427,"sku":"9780679602989","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Fear-and-Loathing-in-Las-Vegas-and-Other-American-Stories-Hardcover.webp?v=1790080753"},{"product_id":"fear-and-loathing-in-america-the-brutal-odyssey-of-an-outlaw-journalist-paperback","title":"Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the king of \"Gonzo\" journalism and bestselling author who brought you Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes another astonishing volume of letters by Hunter S. Thompson, featuring a new introduction from award-winning author and staff writer at The New Yorker Jon Lee Anderson.Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, this second volume of Thompson's private correspondence is the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway. When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced it \"deliriously entertaining\"; Rolling Stone called it \"brilliant beyond description\"; and The New York Times celebrated its \"wicked humor and bracing political conviction.\" 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 the author's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrewjack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kingdom of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in February 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 784\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606939803803,"sku":"9780684873169","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Fear-and-Loathing-in-America-The-Brutal-Odyssey-of-an-Outlaw-Journalist-Paperback.webp?v=1790080754"},{"product_id":"fear-and-loathing-on-the-campaign-trail-72-paperback","title":"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohnny Knoxville\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 50th anniversary edition of \"the best account yet published of what it feels like to be out there in the middle of the American political process\" (The New York Times Book Review) featuring a new foreword from Johnny Knoxville.A half-century after its original publication, Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism and one of the bestselling campaign books of all time. Thompson's searing account of the battle for the 1972 presidency--from the Democratic primaries to the eventual showdown between George McGovern and Richard Nixon--is infused with the characteristic wit, intensity, and emotional engagement that made Thompson \"the flamboyant apostle and avatar of gonzo journalism\" (The New York Times). Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is an epic political adventure that captures the feel of the American democratic process better than any other book ever written--and that is just as relevant to the many ills and issues roiling the nation today. As Johnny Knoxville writes in his foreword to this 50th anniversary edition: \"Hunter predicted it all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrewjack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kingdom of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in February 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 8.46 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606940557467,"sku":"9781451691573","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Fear-and-Loathing-on-the-Campaign-Trail-72-Paperback.webp?v=1790080755"},{"product_id":"proud-highway-saga-of-a-desperate-southern-gentleman-1955-1967-paperback","title":"Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDouglas Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"deliriously entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of letters that takes us inside the twisted mind of Gonzo journalist and acclaimed political analyst Hunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliantly bizarre . . . a celebration of the '60s.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thompson has become the F. Scott Fitzgerald of our time.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists: Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Highway\u003c\/i\u003e offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur\/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur\/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (July 18, 1937-February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He was known for his flamboyant writing style, most notably deployed in \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, which blurred the distinctions between writer and subject, fiction and nonfiction. The best source on Thompson's writing style and personality is Thompson himself. His books include \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e (1973); \u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1979); \u003ci\u003eThe Curse of Lono \u003c\/i\u003e(1983); \u003ci\u003eGeneration of Swine, Gonzo Papers Vol. 2: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's\u003c\/i\u003e (1988); and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Doomed\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam J. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle includes \u003ci\u003eLegs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Rice University, the CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e. The \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e has dubbed him \"America's new past master.\" His recent \u003ci\u003eCronkite\u003c\/i\u003e won the Sperber Prize for Best Book in Journalism and was a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Deluge\u003c\/i\u003e won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He is a member of the Society of American Historians and the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606941802651,"sku":"9780345377968","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Proud-Highway-Saga-of-a-Desperate-Southern-Gentleman-1955-1967-Paperback.webp?v=1790080757"},{"product_id":"hells-angels-a-strange-and-terrible-saga-paperback","title":"Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is--in this \"superb and terrifying\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) work of nonfiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shattering . . . A truly rough, stomach-turning, yet fascinating view of Pop Sociology.\"--\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003epointed out, \"For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again. Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, \"For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work.\" As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell's Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937 and died in Colorado in 2005. He contributed regularly to a wide variety of publications but is probably best known for his work as national-affairs correspondent for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e in which \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e originally appeared. He originated \"gonzo journalism,\" in which the reporter is a part of the story. \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a major motion picture, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.2 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49606945603739,"sku":"9780345410085","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/Hells-Angels-A-Strange-and-Terrible-Saga-Paperback.webp?v=1790080760"}],"url":"https:\/\/relix.shop\/collections\/books-author-hunter-s-thompson.oembed","provider":"relix.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}