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Just Plain Awesome...
This unauthorized biography of the Doctor is a great one. the chapers are seperated into time frames of Hunter's life (louisville, south america, what he was doing in the 70's, etc), and are filled mostly with antecdotes, quotes from people who knew him, and various backround information.

there are three picture sections in the book- 1st from when he was in his 20's, second is a Ralph Steadman's pictures of Hunter gallery, the third is random pictures of Hunter from the 70's through the 90's.

I recommend the book highly to every Hunter Thompson fan, especially if you like reading about his exploits as much as i do.

(this book is 200/5 stars, btw) ... Read more

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Although each of Hunter's books is a work of autiobography, only two biographers have attempted to sort the fact form the fiction. And only one woman was foolhardy enough to venture into the lion's den. E Jean Carroll joined Hunter at Woody Creek, and lived (just) to tell the tale.This wild ride of a book centres around Hunter's story as he himself told it, intersperced with statements from his friends and colleagues that don't always measure up.But what else would you expect from the master of gonzo? ... Read more

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Only E. Jean Carroll, called by The New York Times the female answer to Hunter Thompson could write a gonzo biography of the master. Carroll writes of the drug-fueled and sex-crazed time she spent living with Hunter S. Thompson. Includes dozens of interviews conducted by Carroll with his ex-wife, former lovers, long-suffering editors, drug dealers, politicians, childhood friends and hangers-on. What emerges is an intimate look at an American icon. ... Read more

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HUnter Thompson, the Roots of Gonzo Journalism and the Hell's angels
Hunter Thompson wrote four books which gave him fame in the late 1960's- 1970's- Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 and The Great Shark Hunt. By the time The Great Shark Hunt came out, his "gonzo" style using offbeat commentaries, flaunting excesses in personal bahavior and hitting hard at public figures- had become quite popular with the 18-25 year old crowd. Thompson was an accomplished, intelligent journalist- meeting and doing interviews with famous people like Richard Nixon and many others- and he took a turn to the left inventing the style that at first shocked the world- but then faded as people became tired of the praise of self-centered, reckless behavior.

In "Hell's Angels", Thompson does a credible job exploring a topic which most writers would shy away from- riding with the notorious motorcycle gang, getting involved in drunken brawls and participating in, shall we say, questionable episodes including nubile young women, wild-haired bikers amidst scenes of loud music, drugs and excessive consumption of alcohol. Somehow Thompson maintains his composure here- he wasn't yet in his full-blown wild gonzo years- and he manages to get a credible story to the public who at the time were scared to even talk about it. The Hell's Angels motorcycle gang was well known for its law breaking and mostly unethical behavior, incluidng wild orgies and raucous public demonstrations... and even police officers were somewhat reluctant to go toe-to-toe with them in a stand-off. Thompson had the guts to "live" the story- and he describes many colorful characters along the way.

"Hell's Angels" may seem quaint today- but if you want to learn a bit about this notorious gang- the people, the places and the lifestyle- this is an interesting read...

-Gene Pisasale
Author, "Lafayette's Gold- The Lost Brandywine Treasure" and
"Vineyard Days"

Motorcycles, alcohol, drugs & thugs . . . classic "Gonzo" journalism
I was a young, impressionable 18-year-old high school senior in upstate New York in 1970 when I read Hunter Thompson's first book, "Hell's Angels," and was totally blown away by his first person, in-your-face, stream-of-consciousness "Gonzo" writing style. It was absolutely incredible to me. His unique writing style combined with a fearless attitude toward actually living and riding and learning the truth about this outrageous band of motorcycle outlaws produced an incredible look at the seamier, lawless side of life. And, of course, the alcohol and drugs and high-powered Harleys and thugs and ex-cons who eventually beat the crap out of him also added a real-life luster and dimension that Thompson captured so brilliantly in this amazing classic. ... Read more

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275 pages - BCE - "Hunter Thompson goes not only behind th scenes at the run, but back through the drama of the menace of being born..." ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the Rum Diary, Kingdom of Fear, Prince Jellyfish. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze. The novel first appeared as a two-part series in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, was printed as a book in 1972, and was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1998 starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. The novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas accounts for two trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, that Hunter S. Thompson and attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta took in March and April 1971. The first trip spawned from an exposé Thompson was writing for Rolling Stone magazine about the Mexican-American television journalist Rubén Salazar, whom officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had shot and killed with a tear gas grenade fired at close range during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War in 1970. Thompson was using Acosta a prominent Mexican-American political activist and attorney as a central source for the story, and the two found it difficult for a brown-skinned Mexican to talk openly with a white reporter in the racially tense atmosphere of Los Angeles, California. The two needed a more comfortable place to discuss the story and decided to take advantage of a Sports Illustrated magazine offer to write photograph captions for the annual Mint 400 desert race being held in Las Vegas from 21-23 March...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5842145 ... Read more

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Cornucopia of Creative Energy
When you leaf though the pages of this book you will be amazed about how many creative people Chris Felver has met, and not only that, he has managed to get almost all of them to pose for him.A few of his potential subjects refused, but perhaps being able to start out with a small but potent portfolio of Bay Area poets gave him early on the aura of integrity.It wasn't as though he had been surprising Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee on their honeymoon, no, he was taking black and white studies of Czeslaw Milosz and Jack Hirschmann looking grim.

In the decades that followed, Felver took his camera everywhere and waited until the moment was right.He was in New York in the very early eighties and managed to create a whole new body of work with the leading world artists who were there at the time, though he was too bemused, he says, by Warhol to take his picture, he got nearly everyone else.He is a artist himself of course and so I shouldn't speak in the crass language of "gets," however in this book it's plain that what is being sold is the fame of the subjects, the nearly intangible scent of celebrity contact.Though there will be plenty of photographs for each reader in which the reader wil feel a little stupid for not, perhaps, knowing who the subject is.That's what "Google" is for, to recover from moments like this one.And Felver dos provide brief captions under each photo that say, for example, "Jasper Johns: artist" or "Doris Lessing: English fiction writer."

For some reason those who have won the Pulitzer Prize get that accolade inserted into their captions too.

The subjects are gathered in alphabetical order, which makes for some unusual pairings.One double page spread features Yvonne Rainer on the left and Tony Randall on the right.They could be identical twins!

Fascinating dictionary of contemporary art scene
I agree wholeheartedly with the following Wall Street Journal Review of November 30, 2001: "Some of the best specimens of the human animal show up in "The Importance Of Being" by Christopher Felver. And by this I do not mean the "beautiful people" but the accomplished ones - writers, artists, musicians, activists. No pretense here, just straight-ahead, black-and-white portraits of a staggering 436 "creative revolutionaries," as Mr. Felver calls them, photographed by him over the past two decades. He presents here an incredible collection of the most creative spirits of our times and it is fascinating to see the immediacy with which the subjects posed for this bohemian photographer.

Fascinating dictionary of contemporary art scene
I agree wholeheartedly with the following Wall Street Journal Review of November 30, 2001: "Some of the best specimens of the human animal show up in "The Importance Of Being" by Christopher Felver. And by this I do not mean the "beautiful people" but the accomplished ones - writers, artists, musicians, activists. No pretense here, just straight-ahead, black-and-white portraits of a staggering 436 "creative revolutionaries," as Mr. Felver calls them, photographed by him over the past two decades. He presents here an incredible collection of the most creative spirits of our times and it is fascinating to see the immediacy with which the subjects posed for this bohemian photographer. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 690 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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Fast, As described
I got the book as fast as described.It was in good condition, and unbelievably cheap ... Read more