Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone : The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
by Thompson, Hunter S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1439165955
- ISBN 13
- 9781439165959
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (2011). First Edition. Hardcover. 1439165955 . No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. xi, [3], 572, [1], [5 (blank)] pages. Red papered boards with black spine, red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 236 x 154mm. Edited with a Foreword by Jann S. Wenner, and an Introduction by Paul Scanlon. "The definitive collection of the king of gonzo journalism's finest work for ROLLING STONE "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. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home.Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist's friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles 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--a miracle of journalism under pressure--and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon, his bete noire; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Woven throughout is selected correspondence between Wenner and Thompson, most of it never before published. It traces the evolution of a personal and professional relationship that helped redefine modern American journalism, and also presents Thompson through a new prism as he pursued his lifelong obsession: The life and death of the American Dream." .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24988
- Title
- Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone : The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
- Author
- Thompson, Hunter S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1439165955
- ISBN 13
- 9781439165959
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (2011)
- Keywords
- 1439165955
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We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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