num_pages: 784
description: Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and On the campaign Trail '72. To read Thompson's dispatches from these years - addressed to the author's friends, enemies, editors, and creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut - is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history.
language: English
title: Fear & Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
titlecomplete: Fear & Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
genres: Biography, Politics, Collections, Memoir, Nonfiction, Unfinished, Essays, Biography Memoir, Journalism, History
ratings_count: 4261
series: The Fear and Loathing Letters
publisher: Simon & Schuster