![]() ![]() Thompson they've imagined but never known. In The Proud Highway, readers will find a Hunter S. Before there was Gonzo, there was just plain Hunter - a precocious, earnest, and occasionally troublesome honor student in Louisville, Kentucky.īefore there was Doctor Thompson, there was Airman Thompson - the military's answer to Grantland Rice, protecting America by covering sports for his Florida base's newspaper.īefore there was Fear and Loathing, there was Dow Jones - that is, Thompson's early reportage for that company's National Observer, which raised the standard for hip and provocative foreign coverage.īefore there was Rolling Stone, there were job applications everywhere - in hopes of being hired by a paper, pretty much any paper, an obsession for the starving writer with expensive tastes in alcohol, nicotine, and room service. ![]()
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