Gonzo republic :: Hunter S. Thompson's America /

Gonzo Republic looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship with America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. Stephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his earlyreporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960sto his twen...

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1. Verfasser: Stephenson, William, 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Gonzo Republic looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship with America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. Stephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his earlyreporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960sto his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11. Stephenson argues that Thompson inhabited, but was to some extentreacting against, the tradition of American individualism begun by the Founding Fathers and continued by Emerson and Thoreau. Thompson sought out the edge the threshold of chaos and in.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (190 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441142290
1441142290
1283380307
9781283380300
1472542452
9781472542458
9786613380302
661338030X

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