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The Proud Highway: Fear and Loathing Letters vol 1

Before there was Gonzo, there was just plain Hunter — a precocious, earnest, and occasionally troublesome honor student in Louisville, Kentucky. Before there was Doctor Thompson, there was Airman Thompson — the military`s answer to Grantland Rice, protecting America by covering sports for his Florida base`s newspaper. Before there was Fear and Loathing, there was Dow Jones — that is, Thompson`s early reportage for that company`s National Observer, which raised the standard for hip and provocative foreign coverage. Before there was Rolling Stone, there were job applications everywhere — in hopes of being hired by a paper, pretty much any paper, an obsession for the starving writer with expensive tastes in alcohol, nicotine, and room service. In The Proud Highway, readers will find a Hunter S. Thompson they`ve imagined but never known. With the publication of these extraordinary letters, written from the time of his high school graduation in 1955 through the triumph of his first book, Hell`s Angels, in 1966, critics and fans can finally trace the development and maturation of a singular talent, one of our era`s most important voices. How Thompson changed the face of contemporary nonfiction — and of America itself — is the mesmerizing story of The Proud Highway.

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