Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

Campaign journalism: 1972 presidential election coverage and political analysis

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Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist who invented Gonzo journalism, in which the reporter becomes the subject of the story. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is equal parts drug memoir, political satire, and elegy for the American Dream. He shot himself at 67 as his health declined.

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