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Authors: Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
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The Essential Writing of
HUNTER S.
THOMPSON
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thompson, Hunter S.
Fear and loathing at Rolling stone : the essential writing of
Hunter S. Thompson / edited and with a foreword by Jann S. Wenner
and with an introduction by Paul Scanlon.
p. cm.
I. Wenner, Jann. II. Rolling stone (San Francisco, Calif.) III. Title.
PN4874.T444F43 2011
070.1′7—dc23
2011032312
ISBN 978-1-4391-6595-9
ISBN 978-1-4391-7023-6 (ebook)
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The Campaign Trail: Crank-Time on the Low Road
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Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
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Interdicted Dispatch from the Global Affairs Desk
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