Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

by Timothy Denevi

Book Overview

The story of Hunter S. Thompson's crusade against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price he paid for it

Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future well-being to fight against it, rewriting the rules of journalism and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541767942
• ISBN13: 9781541767942
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"