Before there was Gonzo, there was just plain Hunter -- a precocious, earnest, and occasionally troublesome honor student in Louisville, Kentucky. Before there was Doctor Thompson, there was Airman Thompson -- the military's answer to Grantland Rice, protecting America by covering sports for his Florida base's newspaper. Before there was Fear and Loathing, there was Dow Jones -- that is, Thompson's early reportage for that company's National Observer, which raised the standard for hip and provocative foreign coverage. ...
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Before there was Gonzo, there was just plain Hunter -- a precocious, earnest, and occasionally troublesome honor student in Louisville, Kentucky. Before there was Doctor Thompson, there was Airman Thompson -- the military's answer to Grantland Rice, protecting America by covering sports for his Florida base's newspaper. Before there was Fear and Loathing, there was Dow Jones -- that is, Thompson's early reportage for that company's National Observer, which raised the standard for hip and provocative foreign coverage. Before there was Rolling Stone, there were job applications everywhere -- in hopes of being hired by a paper, pretty much any paper, an obsession for the starving writer with expensive tastes in alcohol, nicotine, and room service. In The Proud Highway, readers will find a Hunter S. Thompson they've imagined but never known. With the publication of these extraordinary letters, written from the time of his high school graduation in 1955 through the triumph of his first book, Hell's Angels, in 1966, critics and fans can finally trace the development and maturation of a singular talent, one of our era's most important voices. How Thompson changed the face of contemporary nonfiction -- and of America itself -- is the mesmerizing story of The Proud Highway.
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Add this copy of Proud Highway: the Letters of Hunter S. Thompson to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Great Northern Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Straight Arrow Press.
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Very Good. (Rolling Stone Magazine, Issue 762, June 12, 1997) An excerpt of Thompson's early letters from "The Proud Highway." Includes a color portrait of Thompson, by Owen Smith and photo illustrations. A complete, intact copy.
Add this copy of The Proud Highway to cart. $35.00, like new condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Villard / Random House, 1997.
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The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume One / Saga of A Disparate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967. Foreword by William J. Kennedy. Fine and bright in very close to fine price-clipped dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Illustrated with photographs of the time period. With photograph of the younger Thompson on the side of the road with rucksack. New and bright all around, gift quality.
