Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fear and loathing at Rolling stone

Oclc number

424555478

Responsibility statement

edited and with a foreword by Jann S. Wenner and with an introduction by Paul Scanlon

Sub title

the essential writing of Hunter S. Thompson

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, 1975 -- 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 15, 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 18, 1999 -- The fun-hogs in the passing lane : November 11, 2004 -- Postscript : letter from HST to JSW

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