Edited by Douglas Brinkley, this second volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s private letters spans 1968 to 1976, the years the Louisville-born writer built his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, writing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and covering Nixon-era politics for Rolling Stone.
Never published before, the letters are addressed to friends, editors, and creditors, along with the likes of Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut, offering a raw, first-hand account of one of the wildest stretches of American life.
Published 2001
784 pages
$12.72