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The kingdom of fear, loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century, Hunter S. Thompson

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The kingdom of fear, loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century, Hunter S. Thompson

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The kingdom of fear

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Hunter S. Thompson

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Recorded Books classics library

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loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century

Summary

Traces the course of Thompson's life as a rebel--from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flouting all authority to a convention-defying journalist who came to personify a wild fusion of fact, fiction, and mind-altering substance

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Timothy Ferris -- Memo / the Sports desk -- Part 1 -- When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro -- Mailbox: Louisville, summer of 1946 -- Would you do it again? -- Witness -- There Is No Such Thing As Paranoia -- Strange lusts and terrifying memories -- Rape in Cherokee Park -- God might forgive you, but I won't -- New dumb -- In The Belly Of The Beast -- Sally loved football players -- Paris Review #156 -- What marijuana? -- Lynching in Denver -- Felony murder law-don't let this happen to you -- Jesus hated bald pussy -- Part 2 -- Politics Is The Art Of Controlling Your Environment -- Running for sheriff: Aspen 1970 -- Sunday night at the Fontainebleu -- Memo from the sheriff -- Dealing with the DA-before and after -- Saturday night in Aspen -- Witness II -- Seize The Night -- Night manager -- 16 Alexander -- Where were you when the fun stopped? -- September 11, 2001 -- Speedism -- Rules of driving fast -- Song of the sausage creature -- Lion and the Cadillac -- Geerlings & the war minister's son -- Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why -- Letter to John Walsh -- Part 3 -- Foreign Correspondent -- May you live in interesting times -- Last days of Saigon -- One hand clapping -- Invasion of Grenada -- Ambassador to Cuba -- Witness III -- Letter from lawyer Goldstein -- It Never Got Weird Enough For Me -- Fear and loathing in Elko -- Heeere's Johnny! -- Kiss, kiss -- War on fat -- Welcome to the Fourth Reich -- Amor Vincit Omnia -- White helicopter -- Hey Rube, I love you -- Fear and loathing at the taco stand

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