Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson, Jann Wenner

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781439165966
• eBook ISBN:
  9781439170236
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Journalist Biographies
• Index: Literature

From the bestselling author of The Rum Diary and king of “Gonzo” journalism Hunter S. Thompson, comes the definitive collection of the journalist’s finest work from Rolling Stone. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home.

“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” was a favorite slogan of Hunter S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life. Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist’s friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles—and a wealth of never- before-seen correspondence and internal memos from Hunter’s storied tenure at Rolling Stone—that begin with Thompson’s infamous run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Party ticket in 1970 and end with his final piece on the Bush-Kerry showdown of 2004. In between is Thompson’s remarkable coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The definitive volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s work published in the magazine, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone traces the evolution of a personal and professional relationship that helped redefine modern American journalism, presenting Thompson through a new prism as he pursued his lifelong obsession: The life and death of the American Dream.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Foreword by Jann S. Wenner
• Introduction by Paul Scanlon
• The Battle of Aspen: Freak Power in the Rockies
• Strange Rumblings in Aztlan: The Murder of Ruben Salazar
• Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called “Jesus Freak” Scare
• Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, Part II . . . by Raoul Duke
• The Campaign Trail: Is This Trip Necessary?
• The Campaign Trail: The Million-Pound Shithammer
• The Campaign Trail: Fear and Loathing in New Hampshire
• The Campaign Trail: The View from Key Biscayne
• The Campaign Trail: The Banshee Screams in Florida
• The Campaign Trail: Bad News from Bleak House: Total Failure in Milwaukee . . . with a Few Quick Thoughts on the Shocking Victory of Double-George . . .
• The Campaign Trail: More Late News from Bleak House
• The Campaign Trail: Crank-Time on the Low Road
• The Campaign Trail: Fear and Loathing in California: Traditional Politics with a Vengeance
• The Campaign Trail: In the Eye of the Hurricane
• The Campaign Trail: Fear & Loathing in Miami: Old Bulls Meet the Butcher
• The Campaign Trail: More Fear and Loathing in Miami: Nixon Bites the Bomb
• The Campaign Trail: The Fat City Blues
• Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
• Memo from the Sports Desk & Rude Notes from a Decompression Chamber in Miami
• Fear and Loathing at the Watergate: Mr. Nixon Has Cashed His Check
• Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl
• Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises
• Interdicted Dispatch from the Global Affairs Desk
• Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’76: Third-Rate Romance, Low-Rent Rendezvous
• Fear & Loathing in the Graveyard of the Weird: The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat
• Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room and the Far Room
• A Dog Took My Place
• The Taming of the Shrew
• Fear and Loathing in Elko
• Mr. Bill’s Neighborhood
• Letter to William Greider
• He Was a Crook
• Polo Is My Life: Fear and Loathing in Horse Country
• Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Dollar Bill Greider
• Memo from the National Affairs Desk. To: Jann S. Wenner.
• The Shootist: A Short Tale of Extreme Precision and No Fear
• Memo from the National Affairs Desk: More Trouble in Mr. Bill’s Neighborhood
• Hey Rube! I Love You: Eerie Reflections on Fuel, Madness & Music
• The Fun-Hogs in the Passing Lane
• Postscript: Letter from HST to JSW
• Acknowledgments
• About Hunter S. Thompson
• Copyright