Fear and loathing in America : the brutal odyssey of an outlaw journalist, 1968-1976 / Hunter S. Thompson ; foreword by David Halberstam ; edited by Douglas Brinkley.
Buy the ticket, take the ride. Hunter S. Thompson -- Editor's Note / Douglas Brinkley -- Author's Note / Hunter S. Thompson -- 1968 -- Chicago: The great American slaughter-house -- Public murders and private beatings -- Whipped like a dog with the whole world watching -- Which side are you on? -- Clandestine meeting with Nixon, Coup de Grace for the sixties -- 1969 -- The Battle of Aspen -- Local politics with a vengeance, death to the greed-heads -- First visit with Mescalito, dangerous fun with the brown buffalo -- Death trip to the White House, Nixon Uber Alles -- 1970 -- Thompson for sheriff -- The freak also rises -- Wild victory in horse country, disaster at the America's Cup -- Nixon's massacre at Kent State, the nightmare of Ralph Steadman -- Just how weird can you stand it, brother, before your love will crack? -- 1971 -- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas -- Queer nights in the Circus-Circus, drag-racing on the strip -- Brown power in East L.A., Tom Wolfe flees to Italy -- Invasion of the Jesus freaks, a generation run amok -- Shrewd advice from the sports desk -- 1972 -- Freak power goes to Washington, strategic retreat into national politics -- Madness and violence on the sunshine special -- Getting to know the White House, learning to fear Richard Nixon -- Falling in love on the zoo plane, Farewell forever to innocence -- 1973 -- The great shark hunt -- Marlin fishing in Mexico, Killing Time with the Oakland Raiders -- Rookie of the year in Washington, Rube of the year in Hollywood -- Waiting for Watergate, Hatching the plot to croak Nixon -- The curse of sudden fame -- 1974 -- Back to Washington, back to work, back to the halls of the evil Watergate hotel -- Collapse of the Nixon empire, revenge of teh brutal freaks -- Constant travel, constant plotting, summit conference in Elko & fateful first meeting with Jimmy Carter -- Senator Thompson from Colorado? -- 1975 -- Last dance in Saigon, end of the war in Vietnam, conversations from the garden of agony -- Touring the Orient for money, sex & violence in Hong Kong, last memo from the global affairs desk -- 1976 -- Jimmy Carter & the rise of the rock & roll vote -- Marijuana goes to the White House -- Crime is the long-term answer -- Preferential treatment for journalists -- Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Summary:
Letters spanning the years between 1968 and 1976 highlight the author's biting wit, scary powers of observation, and encounters with such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.
Series:
The Gonzo letters ; v. 2 Thompson, Hunter S. Gonzo letters ; v. 2.
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