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Author(s): Hunter S. Thompson
ISBN(s): 9781439165959, 1439165955
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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Year: 2011
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Author: Hunter S. Thompson, Jann Wenner

The definitive collection of the king of gonzo journalism’s finest work for ROLLING STONE “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. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home. Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist’s friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles 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—a miracle of journalism under pressure—and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon, his bête noire; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in L

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The battle of Aspen : freak power in the Rockies

Chapter 2: Strange rumblings in Aztlan : the murder of Ruben Salazar

Chapter 3: Memo from the sports desk : the so-called “Jesus freak” scare

Chapter 4: Fear & loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American Dream, part II, by Raoul Duke

Chapter 5: The campaign trail : Is this trip necessary?

Chapter 6: The campaign trail : The million-pound shithammer

Chapter 7: The campaign trail : Fear and loathing in New Hampshire

Chapter 8: The campaign trail : The view from Key Biscayne

Chapter 9: The campaign trail : The banshee screams in Florida

Chapter 10: The campaign trail : Bad news from Bleak House : total failure in Milwaukee, with a few quick thoughts on the shocking victory of Double-George

Chapter 11: The campaign trail : More late news from Bleak House

Chapter 12: The campaign trail : Crank-time on the low road

Chapter 13: The campaign trail : Fear and loathing in California : traditional politics with a vengeance

Chapter 14: The campaign trail : In the eye of the hurricane

Chapter 15: The campaign trail : Fear & loathing in Miami : old bulls meet the butcher

Chapter 16: The campaign trail : More fear and loathing in Miami : Nixon bites the bomb

Chapter 17: The campaign trail : The fat city blues

Chapter 18: Ask not for whom the bell tolls

Chapter 19: Memo from the sports desk & rude notes from a decompression chamber in Miami

Chapter 20: Fear and loathing at the Watergate : Mr. Nixon has cashed his check

Chapter 21: Fear and loathing at the Super Bowl

Chapter 22: Fear and loathing in limbo : the scum also rises

Chapter 23: Interdicted dispatch from the Global Affairs Desk

Chapter 24: Fear & loathing on the campaign trail ’76 : third-rate romance, low-rent rendezvous

Chapter 25: Fear & loathing in the graveyard of the weird : the banshee screams for buffalo meat

Chapter 26: Last tango in Vegas : fear and loathing in the near room and the far room

Chapter 27: A dog took my place

Chapter 28: The taming of the shrew

Chapter 29: Fear and loathing in Elko

Chapter 30: Mr. Bill’s neighborhood

Chapter 31: Letter to William Greider

Chapter 32: He was a crook

Chapter 33: Polo is my life : fear and loathing in horse country

Chapter 34: Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Dollar Bill Greider

Chapter 35: Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Jann S. Wenner

Chapter 36: The shootist : a short tale of extreme precision and no fear

Chapter 37: Memo from the National Affairs Desk: More trouble in Mr. Bill’s neighborhood

Chapter 38: Hey rube! I love you : eerie reflections on fuel, madness & music

Chapter 39: The fun-hogs in the passing lane

Chapter 40: Postscript : letter from HST to JSW

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