Hunter S Thompson

Wild, eccentric and fueled by copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson emerged from the 1960’s as the pioneer of gonzo journalism—a style of reporting devoid of objectivity where he injected himself into a story and allowed his drug-addled and often criminal behavior to become its focus. But his stories were more than mere first person reportage—they became mind-bending excursions into the heart of darkness of America. Whether it was riding with the Hell’s Angels, lamenting Richard Nixon as a purveyor of evil or barreling toward Las Vegas in a red Cadillac with the top