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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334568m/10880.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10880.The_Proud_Highway_Saga_of_a_Desperate_Southern_Gentleman_1955_1967?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5237.Hunter_S_Thompson">Hunter S. Thompson</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6685197?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Municipal Court Magistrate, Town Hall, West Milford, NJ November 6, 1959: <br/> <br/>"Dear Sir, <br/> Earlier today I was given a summons to appear before your court on November 9, on a charge of 'leaving the scene of an accident.' I shall have to decline this appearance, and I hope this letter will explain why. By November 9, I shall be well out of the state of New Jersey, but I don't want to leave without explaining my position..." <br/> <br/>"So, faced with a choice of paying a minimum of $25 for falling off a motor scooter on a public road, and fleeing the state to avoid prosecution, I chose to leave the state. I am a free-lance writer and simply cannot affort to pay a fine of $25 or more at this time. And, since I obviously left the scene and am therefore guilty, I would have no choice but to go to jail in lieu of paying the fine..." <br/> <br/>"So, we are all criminals: those of us who skid and fall on damp, unmarked roads, and those others who stop and give aid to the injured. If this situation is not patently ridiculous to you, then I can only congratulate myself on having the good sense to avoid an appearance in your court..." <br/> <br/>To Judy: <br/> <br/>"...P.S. Are you still getting fatter and fatter? My new address is on the back of this sheet. If you aren't too fat, how about sending me another picture of you. The two I have are a little old..." <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31162?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>