Outlaw Journalist: The Life And Times Of Hunter S ThompsonW. W. Norton & Company, 24.06.2008 - 428 Seiten The famous inventor of Gonzo journalism portrayed as never before, both his charisma and his adventurous work. Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his early magazine pieces and revelatory "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Fear and Loathing" campaign coverage in Rolling Stone. When Thompson was on, there was no one better at capturing who Americans were and what America was, be it in politics, at the Kentucky Derby, or in the Hells Angels' lair. William McKeen became friends with Thompson after writing a monograph on his journalism. McKeen now has interviewed many of Thompson's associates who wouldn't speak before, from childhood friends to colleagues, to assistants who sat around the Woody Creek, Colorado, kitchen control room late at night when Thompson did most of his work. McKeen gets behind the drinking and drugs to show the man and the writer—one who was happy to be considered an outlaw but took the calling of journalism as his life. |
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... Miracle 279 Chapter 17 Homecoming 310 Chapter 18 Man of Letters 332 Epilogue 352 Notes 367 Bibliography 399 Author's Note 405 Acknowledgments 409 Index 411 Preface THE END Word of his death was a shock xii CONTENTS Preface: THE END.
... Miracle 279 Chapter 17 Homecoming 310 Chapter 18 Man of Letters 332 Epilogue 352 Notes 367 Bibliography 399 Author's Note 405 Acknowledgments 409 Index 411 Preface THE END Word of his death was a shock xii CONTENTS Preface: THE END.
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... letter , with its many vulgarities , is framed in my office . When I put together an anthology a few years ago , while other writers held me up for thousands of dollars to reprint their pieces in our low - budget book , his fax came ...
... letter , with its many vulgarities , is framed in my office . When I put together an anthology a few years ago , while other writers held me up for thousands of dollars to reprint their pieces in our low - budget book , his fax came ...
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SQUARE PEG ROUND HOLE | 20 |
THE DARK THUMB OF FATE | 35 |
A NATURAL INGRATE | 53 |
OBSERVER | 69 |
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND | 82 |
AMONG THE ANGELS | 95 |
AMERICAN DREAM | 112 |
EPIPHANY | 126 |
CELEBRITY | 201 |
CASUALTIES OF WAR | 232 |
THOMPSONS ISLAND | 253 |
THE GENETIC MIRACLE | 278 |
HOMECOMING | 309 |
MAN OF LETTERS | 331 |
EPILOGUE | 351 |
NOTES | 366 |
FREAK POWER | 149 |
MAKING A BEAST OF HIMSELF | 162 |
TRUTH IS NEVER TOLD IN DAYLIGHT | 177 |
AUTHORS NOTE | 404 |
INDEX | 410 |
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