
The Proud Highway
Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Gonzo Letters, Book 1)
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Malcolm Hillgartner
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Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists - Hunter S.Thompson. In letters to a who's who of luminaries, from Norman Mailer toCharles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez - not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors - Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through hisown razor-sharp perspective.
Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedentedand penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
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Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s.
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i own this paperback..
- By Peter on 03-26-13
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Better than Sex
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneer of the New Journalism movement, Hunter S. Thompson wrote with a fire that captured the attention of millions. Here Thompson delivers a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential race, packed with all the horror, sacrifice, lust, and glory that made this campaign so utterly fascinating.
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A Classic for One Chapter
- By Michael Friedman on 12-08-12
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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In Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, Raoul Duke (Thompson) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (inspired by a friend of Thompson) are quickly diverted to search for the American dream. Their quest is fueled by nearly every drug imaginable and quickly becomes a surreal experience that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. But there is more to this hilarious tale than reckless behavior, for underneath the hallucinogenic facade is a stinging criticism of American greed and consumerism.
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Ron McLarty?
- By Ryan T. Nichols on 07-03-08
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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Revised and Expanded edition
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter - editor, Christopher Tolkien - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith
- Length: 29 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
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For Tolkien fans who can't get enough (Like me)!
- By Ross on 02-29-24
By: J. R. R. Tolkien, and others
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Freak Kingdom
- Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism
- By: Timothy Denevi
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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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. This skillfully told and dramatic story shows how Thompson saw through Richard Nixon's treacherous populism and embarked on a life-defining campaign to stop it.
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author has an internal need for Hunter to be Jesus
- By Anonymous User on 03-22-19
By: Timothy Denevi
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Stories I Tell Myself
- Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson
- By: Juan F. Thompson
- Narrated by: Juan F. Thompson
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Hunter S. Thompson, "smart hillbilly"; boy of the South; born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky; son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom; public school-educated; jailed at 17 on a bogus petty robbery charge; member of the US Air Force (airman second class); copy boy for Time; writer for The National Observer; et cetera.
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Hunter Remembered
- By Karen Loucks Rinedollar on 03-31-16
By: Juan F. Thompson
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Savage Journey
- Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo
- By: Peter Richardson
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage Journey is a "supremely crafted" study of Hunter S. Thompson's literary formation and achievement. Focusing on Thompson's influences, development, and unique model of authorship, Savage Journey argues that his literary formation was largely a San Francisco story. During the 1960s, Thompson rode with the Hell's Angels, explored the San Francisco counterculture, and met talented editors who shared his dissatisfaction with mainstream journalism. Author Peter Richardson traces Thompson's transition during this time from New Journalist to cofounder of Gonzo journalism.
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It was read greatly and gave a different perspective of Hunter
- By Essoh on 01-13-25
By: Peter Richardson
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Wolfe - one of the 20th century’s foremost voices in cultural criticism - went from local news reporter to international icon in 1968, with the publication of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Now voiced with vivacity and vigor by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Luke Daniels, the non-fiction swan-dive delves into the world of hippies, hedonism, and everything in between.
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Maybe it resonated with a different time and place
- By S. Phillips on 04-11-19
By: Tom Wolfe
Biography
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If you could sum up The Proud Highway in three words, what would they be?
The Best EverWhat other book might you compare The Proud Highway to and why?
If you like this the the second volume would be the next book to listen tooWhich character – as performed by Malcolm Hillgartner – was your favorite?
Hillgartner as Thompson is believable. Other narrators play Thompson to wild and excitedWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The letters to Thompson's creditors are great.The True Power of Hunter S. Thompon's Writing
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The Only H.S.T. Narrator Worth His Salt
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A must read/listen.
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Very well read by narrator
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Excellent listen
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Not for a casual listen
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A Longview Into Hunters Personal Correspondence
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Rant overload
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My hero has feet of clay.
Such is the way of hero's.
"gonzo" like sausage is better .
When you don't watch it being made.
"Gonzo" like sausage is best when you don't watch
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