Freak kingdom
Subtitle: Hunter S. Thompson's manic ten-year crusade against American fascism
By: Timothy Denevi
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Public Affairs
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781541767942
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Election; Presidents; Political campaigns; History
Description: The story of Hunter S. Thompson's crusade against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price he paid for it. Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future well-being to fight against it, rewriting the rules of journalism and political satire in the process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-378) and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: 1963-1964: the valley of the moon; title: 1965-1966: that awful evil heavy Pacific fog; title: 1967-1968: a hairy animal called Nixon; title: 1969-1970: freak kingdom in the Rockies; title: 1971: some dreamers of the golden dream; title: 1972-1974: he speaks for the werewolf; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.