Outlaw Journalist Pa

by Mckeen,William

• ISBN13: 9780393335453
• ISBN10: 0393335453
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-13
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

McKeen gets behind the drinking and drugs to show the inventor of Gonzo journalism--Hunter S. Thompson--as never before: one who was happy to be considered an outlaw but viewed journalism as his life's calling. 16 pages of photographs.

Author Biography

Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson's associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and drugs to show the man who invented Gonzo journalism-one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of writing was his life. William McKeen is the author of Highway 61 and the editor of Rock and Roll is Here to Stay. He teaches at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and lives with his family near Wacahoota, Florida.

Table of Contents

Preface The End	p. xv
Getting Away With It	p. 1
Square Peg, Round Hole	p. 21
The Dark Thumb of Fate	p. 36
A Natural Ingrate	p. 54
Observer	p. 70
Stranger in a Strange Land	p. 83
Among the Angels	p. 96
American Dream	p. 113
Epiphany	p. 127
Freak Power	p. 150
Making a Beast of Himself	p. 163
Truth Is Never Told in Daylight	p. 178
Celebrity	p. 202
Casualties of War	p. 233
Thompson's Island	p. 254
The Genetic Miracle	p. 279
Homecoming	p. 310
Man of Letters	p. 332
Epilogue	p. 352
Notes	p. 367
Bibliography	p. 399
Author's Note	p. 405
Acknowledgments	p. 409
Index	p. 411
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