'Well ...yes, and here we go again' - Dr Hunter S. Thompson. Indeed we do. Here, in one chunky volume, is the best of gonzo, from Private Thompson in trouble with the air force, to the devastating portrait of the ageing Muhammad Ali, taking in the Kentucky Derby, Freak Power in the Rockies, Nixon in
The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From a Strange Time
β Scribed by Thompson, Hunter S
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Year
- 2003;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Part One; Author's Note; Chapter 1: Fear and Loathing in the Bunker; Chapter 2: The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved; Chapter 3: A Southern City with Northern Problems; Chapter 4: Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl; Chapter 5: The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy; Chapter 6: The Ultimate Free Lancer; Chapter 7: Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog; Chapter 8: "Genius 'Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle 'Round"-Art Linkletter
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Part One
Author's Note
Chapter 1: Fear and Loathing in the Bunker
Chapter 2: The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
Chapter 3: A Southern City with Northern Problems
Chapter 4: Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl
Chapter 5: The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy
Chapter 6: The Ultimate Free Lancer
Chapter 7: Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog
Chapter 8: "Genius 'Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle 'Round"-Art Linkletter Chapter 9: Jacket Copy for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American DreamChapter 10: A Conversation on Ralph Steadman and His Book, America, with Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Chapter 11: Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
Chapter 12: Freak Power in the Rockies
Chapter 13: Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called "Jesus Freak" Scare
Chapter 14: Memoirs of a Wretched Weekend in Washington
Part Two
Chapter 16: Presenting: The Richard Nixon Doll (Overhauled 1968 Model)
Chapter 17: Author's Note
Chapter 18: June, 1972: The McGovern Juggernaut Rolls On
Later in June SeptemberOctober
Epitaph
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 in Washington: The Boys in the Bag
Chapter 22: Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises
Part Three
Chapter 23: Traveler Hears Mountain Music Where It's Sung
Chapter 24: A Footloose American in a Smugglers' Den
Chapter 25: Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border
Chapter 26: Democracy Dies in Peru, but Few Seem to Mourn Its Passing Chapter 27: The Inca of the Andes: He Haunts the Ruins of His Once-Great EmpireChapter 28: Brazilshooting
Chapter 29: Chatty Letters During a Journey from Aruba to Rio
Chapter 30: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum?
Chapter 31: Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs
Chapter 32: Marlon Brando and the Indian Fish-In
Chapter 33: The "Hashbury" Is the Capital of the Hippies
Chapter 34: When the Beatniks Were Social Lions
Chapter 35: The Nonstudent Left
Chapter 36: Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines ... Ain't What They Used to Be!
Chapter 37: The Police Chief
Part Four Chapter 38: The Great Shark HuntChapter 39: Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith
Chapter 40: Address by Jimmy Carter on Law Day: University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Chapter 41: The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat
Chapter 42: The Hoodlum Circus and the Statutory Rape of Bass Lake
Chapter 43: Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust: The Funeral of Mother Miles
Chapter 44: Welcome to Las Vegas: When the Going Gets Weird the Weird Turn Pro
Chapter 45: Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room
Chapter 46: Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room
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