Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)
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Om forfatteren
Hunter S. Thompson was born on July 18, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of sixteen he was inducted into the Athenaeum Literary Association and wrote for the Athenaeum Journal. During his two years in the US Air Force, Thompson wrote a sports column for The Common Courier. After he was vis mere discharged, he moved to New York to work as a copy boy at Time Magazine and later moved to San Juan to write for a Puerto Rican bowling magazine. He also reported to the National Observer from South America. Upon his return to the US, Thompson wrote Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, which became a national bestseller and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was originally published in Rolling Stone magazine. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Esquire. Both Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portrayed Hunter in feature film movies based on his books, Where the Buffalo Roam and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, respectively. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on February 20, 2005 at his home in Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Hunter S. Thompson
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966) 4,586 eksemplarer
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2003) 1,512 eksemplarer
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (1997) — Forfatter — 940 eksemplarer
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk (2004) 577 eksemplarer
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson (2011) 250 eksemplarer
Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2018) 20 eksemplarer
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb 3 eksemplarer
Fear and Loathing at the Watergate 2 eksemplarer
The Hippies 2 eksemplarer
Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Attract Investors, Establish Credibility, and Fund Deals (2019) 2 eksemplarer
Generation of Swine, Gonzo Papers Vol. 2 2 eksemplarer
Fear and Loathing in Miami Beach 2 eksemplarer
Las Vegas 1 eksemplar
Hunter's Letter 1 eksemplar
Królestwo lęku 1 eksemplar
Gonzo-Schriften I, 2 Die große Haifischjagd 1 eksemplar
The murder of Ruben Salazar 1 eksemplar
Strange Ramblings in Aztlan 1 eksemplar
1977 11 01 [sound recording] 1 eksemplar
The Harley-Davidson reader 1 eksemplar
Fear And Loathing, Campaign 2004 1 eksemplar
Hey Rube! I Love You: Rolling Stone, May 1999 1 eksemplar
Thompson, Hunter S.: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, A Savage Return: Rolling Stone 1992 1 eksemplar
The temptations of Jean-Claude Killy 1 eksemplar
Fear and Loathing in Florida 1 eksemplar
Freak Power in the Rockies 1 eksemplar
Strah i požuda u New Yorku 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Bidragyder — 245 eksemplarer
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Bidragyder — 214 eksemplarer
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Bidragyder — 167 eksemplarer
Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (graphic novel) (2015) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road: Tales of Life on the Move (Mammoth Books) (2003) — Bidragyder — 50 eksemplarer
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson [2008 film] (2008) — Actor, nogle udgaver — 17 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Thompson, Hunter S.
- Juridisk navn
- Thompson, Hunter Stockton
- Fødselsdato
- 1937-07-18
- Dødsdag
- 2005-02-20
- Begravelsessted
- The sky!!!
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Dødssted
- Woody Creek, Colorado, USA
- Dødsårsag
- Suicide
- Bopæl
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Woody Creek, Colorado, USA - Uddannelse
- Columbia University
Florida State University - Erhverv
- journalist
author - Relationer
- Thompson, Anita (wife)
- Organisationer
- United States Air Force
National Observer
Rolling Stone
National Rifle Association
NORML - Agent
- Nesbit, Lynn
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