The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From a Strange Time
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" 'Freak Power' Candidate May Be the Next Sheriff in Placid Aspen, Colorado," Anthony Ripley, photo by David Hiser, The New York Times, October 19, 1970, p. 44.
"Will Aspen's Hippies Elect a Sheriff?" Edwin A. Roberts, Jr., National Observer, November 2,1970, p. 6. Good photo of Thompson, shaved scalp, can of Bud and large poster of J. Edgar Hoover in background; excellent article.
"Aspen Rejects Bid of Hippie Candidate for Sheriffs Office," The New York Times, November 5, 1970, p. 32. Short AP news release.
"Catcher in the Wry," Newsweek, May 1,1972, p. 65. With photo.
"Covering Politics and Getting High," Women's Wear Daily credit, in San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 1972, p. 17. Good photo of Thompson with bottle of Ballantine Ale.
"For Hunter Thompson, Outrage Is the Only Way Out," Henry Allen, Book World (Washington Post), July 23, 1972, p. 4. Interview and article.
"The Prince of Gonzo," J. Anthony Lukas, More: A Journalism Review, November 1972, pp. 4-7. Includes photo.
The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Oscar Zeta Acosta, San Francisco: Straight Arrow, 1972. Thompson may be seen in the character of Karl King, Ch 12, 14-15, p. 135-141, 157-181
"A Political Disease," Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Harper's Magazine, July 1973, pp. 92, 94. A very fine review.
The Boys on the Bus, Timothy Crouse, New York: Random House, 1973, pp. 54, 91-92, 159, 260, 261, 311-- 19, 361. Based on writing for Rolling Stone #119, October 12, 1972; discusses Thompson's coverage of 1972 presidential campaign.
Us & Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election, James M. Perry, New York: Clarkson N. Potter 1973, pp. 7, 104, 117-18, 171. Brief references to Thompson's political reporting.
"Loathing and Ignorance on the Campaign Trail: 1972," Wayne Booth, Columbia Journalism Review, November 1973, pp. 7-12. Critical discussion of Theodore White's The Making of the President 1972 and Thompson's campaign coverage; sets forth standard conservative objections to Thompson's style, methods, etc.
"Hunter C. Thompson: Commando Journalist," In "On the Scene," Playboy, November 1973, p. 188. Short paragraph with photo.
"Paranoia and Wild Turkey: Hunter Thompson in Buffalo," Gene Goffin, Buffalo New Times, March 3, 1974. Good, but hard to find, article in a now defunct Buffalo N.Y., weekly paper.
"Playboy Interview: Hunter Thompson," Craig Vetter, Playboy, November 1974, p. 75+. The major biographical source.
"Trudeaumania," Newsweek, January 13, 1975, p. 49. On Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury: "Last week he was parodying Rolling Stone writer Hunter Thompson."
"The Apocalyptic Fact and the Eclipse of Fiction in Recent American Prose Narratives,'' Mas'ud Zavarzadeh, Journal of American Studies, April 1975, v. 9 no. 1, p. 69. Truth outstripping fiction in work of Mailer, Thompson, Wolfe, etc.
From The Journal of Popular Culture, Summer 1975:
"Gonzo," James Green, pp. 204-20.
"The Freaking New Journalism," Kent Jacobson, pp. 183-96 Discusses Kentucky Derby article.
''There Shall Be No Night," Elizabeth Landreth, pp. 197-203. Discusses Thompson's views of Las Vegas as seen in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
"We've Been Had By the New Journalism: A Put Down," Robert J. VanDellen, p. 219. Discusses Kentucky Derby article.
"Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone," Sandy Rovner, Washington Post, May 30, 1975, B, p. 3. Short article on Thompson's departure from Rolling Stone.
"Manifest Destiny in Pago Pago," Nicholas von Hoffman & Garry Trudeau, Rolling Stone #194, August 28, 1975, p. 32+. Pictures and comment on Trudeau's "Uncle Duke," a character in Doonesbury patterned after Thompson.
The Fight, Norman Mailer, Boston: Little, Brown, 1975, pp. 33, 118-21. Mailer comments on Thompson in Zaire to cover Foreman-Ali bout for Rolling Stone.
"Doonesbury: Drawing and Quartering for Fun & Profit," Time, February 9, 1976, pp. 57-66. Cover drawing of characters with Uncle Duke in the center; photo, drawing and famous comment by Thompson re: Trudeau, "If I ever catch the little bastard, I'll tear his lungs out."
'Thompson, Hunter," Contemporary Authors, Detroit: Gale, 1976, v. 17-20, First Revision, p. 728. Standard bio, updated from earlier CA.
"Travels Through America," Harrison E. Salisbury, Esquire, February 1976, p. 28+. Thompson on pp. 43-44 comments on violence in American history and life.
"Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and a New Psychiatry," Arnold J. Mandell, M.D., Psychiatry Digest, v. 37, pp. 12-17. Reprint March 1976 by Medical Digest, Inc. Discussion of Thompson's drug intake and its effects on his prose style.
"New Psychiatry," William Stuckey, Science Digest, March 1976, pp. 26-34. Discusses Dr. Mandell's article. "TRB: What Carter's Not," New Republic, June, 1976, p. 2. Opinions on Jimmy Carter, including Thompson's, which is prefaced, "And here is an unusual character witness. . ."
"Fear and Loathing and Ripping Off," T. Griffith, Time, July 1, 1976, pp. 52-53.
"Checking in with Dr. Gonzo," Playboy, November 1976, p. 254. Short article with photo.
"The Rolling Stone Saga, Part Two," Robert Sam Anson, New Times, December 10, 1976, p. 22+. Longest article available on Thompson's time at Rolling Stone, numerous photos.
"Member of the Lynching," Craig Vetter, Aspen Anthology, Winter 1976, pp. 63-80. A gonzo memoir by the author of the Playboy interview, concerning mutual adventures in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1974.
The Book of Lists, David Wallechinsky, New York: Morrow, 1977. "12 Writers Who Ran (Unsuccessfully) for Public Office," p. 245, "15 People Who Have Taken Peyote or Mescaline," p. 404.
"The Last Laugh," George Plimpton. New York Review of Books, August 4, 1977, p. 2. Plimpton's article is on death & death fantasies; mentions that Thompson has contributed one to a forthcoming book, Shadow Box.
Shadow Box, George Plimpton, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Numerous Thompson stories; the book is indexed, but it's worth the time to read the whole thing.
"Hunter Thompson: The good doctor tells all. . . about Carter, cocaine, adrenaline and the birth of Gonzo Journalism," Ron Rosenbaum, High Times, September 1977, pp. 31-39.
"Literary Lasagna," Charles T. Powers, Rolling Stone, October 6, 1977, p. 47. Interview with Elaine Kaufman of "Elaine's" in NYC; she describes cashing a check for Thompson as if it were a high-wire act.
"After Begelman: The Whiz Kids Take Over," Maureen Orth, New York, June 12, 1978, pp. 59-64. Mentions film in progress on Thompson.
"The Aspen Story," Outside, September/October 1978, p. 25+. Three articles on Aspen, with mentions of Thompson's run for Sheriff; photo on p. 33.
"Notes from the Battle of New Orleans," George Plimpton, Rolling Stone #277, November 2, 1978, pp. 52-56. Article on the second Ali-Spinks heavyweight title fight; reference to HST as intended collaborator for this article on p. 55.
Scan Notes, v3.0: Proofed carefully against DT, italics intact. Many words that typically have special characters in them (such as cafe) were not printed that way in the book while others (such as vis-à-vis) sometimes were and sometimes were not. Everything was reproduced in this file exactly as it appeared in the book, aside from several corrections of obviously transposed letters. In Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl, at the end of Section II, Thompson indicates that there is going to be a transcript of a discussion between him and several of the Raiders players. This did not appear in the book I scanned, so I checked another different edition -- and it did not appear in there either. You'll have to make it up for yourself if you want to read it.
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