Stories I tell myself growing up with Hunter S. Thompson /

"An intimate, close-up portrait of Hunter S. Thompson, fearless outlaw journalist, "avenging proxy for the American polity," whose manic first-person articles and exposés so interwoven with the getting of the story, gave rise to gonzo journalism (gonzagas-"fooled you"; bizar...

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Main Author: Thompson, Juan F.,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Physical Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • My father as a young man
  • Memories begin: ages 2 to 10
  • Awakening: ages 10 to 13
  • The breakup
  • The in-between time: ages 13 to 18
  • Independence: ages 18 to 24
  • Getting straight: ages 24 to 30
  • Reconciliation: ages 30 to 41
  • The last day
  • The funeral
  • What changes, what remains the same.