false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg 10880 7 This first volume of the correspondence of Hunter S. Thompson begins with a high school essay and runs up through the publication of Thompson's breakout book, <i>Hell's Angels</i>. Thompson apparently never threw a letter away, so the reader has the treat of experiencing the full evolution of his pyrotechnic writing style, rant by rant. The letters--to girlfriends, to bill collectors, to placers of "Help Wanted" ads, to editors and publishers--are usually spiced with political commentary. The style and the political animus always seem to drive each other. For instance, an 11/22/63 letter to novelist and friend William J. Kennedy about the day's cataclysm is apparently the birthplace of the signal phrase "fear and loathing." (Thompson summed up the Kennedy assassination thus: "The savage nuts have shattered the great myth of American decency.") And the willingness to write strangers is stunning: this collection includes Thompson's letter to LBJ seeking appointment to the governorship of American Samoa. You might have thought Garry Trudeau was exaggerating in his <i>Doonesbury</i> characterization of the Thompson-based character Duke. He was not. 880002 1997 The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 total:883|5:283|4:343|3:215|2:39|1:3| 883 3513 1209 55 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 3 1 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sat Apr 12 09:37:21 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 09:38:59 -0700 2008 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 1 false Sat Jun 30 07:29:15 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 07:29:46 -0700 2007 Understand dedication.
Understand destiny.
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"Dear Sir,
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It seems that he's scheming to spring from Colorado. Yet when I looked into interviews with him after the major event, HST is still in Colorado several years after...more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Jun 03 06:48:25 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 05:16:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jul 18 06:56:52 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 07:00:24 -0700 2008 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (but after I had actually seen the movie). These letters are a treasure of watching one of America's most celebrated, outrageous authors develop from his very early days in high school through the air force to newspaper jobs ...more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 4 0 false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 17:58:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 18:12:04 -0800 2009 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:16:39 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:18:10 -0800 2009 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 07 11:07:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 11:08:52 -0800 2009 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:42:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:41:08 -0800 2008 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; it's not to say I wasn't impressed, but after reading the Proud Highway I am completed..enamored..? by Thompson's writing. Nothing can be more insightful than this amazi...more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 5 0 false Wed Sep 24 10:49:13 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 10:34:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Mar 08 13:14:13 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 13:21:52 -0800 2008 Fear And Loathing" series. A fascinating account of a rebellious man's attempt to become an important writer for his generation. We can see his writing st...more...]]> 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 3 0 false Sun Feb 22 21:21:53 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 21:23:05 -0800 2009 10880 0345377966 9780345377968 827 48 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967 0 0 false Thu Feb 19 10:25:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:25:53 -0800 2009
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