{"product_id":"proud-highway-saga-of-a-desperate-southern-gentleman-1955-1967-hunter-s-thompson-paperback","title":"Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 -- Hunter S. Thompson, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \"deliriously entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of letters that takes us inside the twisted mind of Gonzo journalist and acclaimed political analyst Hunter S. Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Brilliantly bizarre . . . a celebration of the '60s.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\"Thompson has become the F. Scott Fitzgerald of our time.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, for the first time, 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 to Charles 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 his own razor-sharp perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Highway\u003c\/i\u003e offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur\/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hunter S. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/7\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\" H x 5.5\" L x 1.6\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780345377968\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548944830768,"sku":"9780345377968","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780345377968.jpg?v=1775077308","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/proud-highway-saga-of-a-desperate-southern-gentleman-1955-1967-hunter-s-thompson-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}