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Fear and Loathing Letters Ser.: Proud Highway : Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman by Hunter Thompson (1997, Hardcover)

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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.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100679406956

ISBN-139780679406952

eBay Product ID (ePID)135196

Product Key Features

Number of Pages683 Pages

Publication NameProud Highway : Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectEditors, Journalists, Publishers, General, Journalism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorHunter Thompson

SeriesFear and Loathing Letters Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight40.6 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberVol. 1

Dewey Decimal070.9/2

SynopsisBefore 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 wasFear and Loathing,there was Dow Jones -- that is, Thompson's early reportage for that company'sNational Observer, which raised the standard for hip and provocative foreign coverage. Before there wasRolling 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. InThe 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 ofThe Proud Highway.