THE GREAT SHARK HUNT

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HUNTER S. THOMPSON. SUB Hamburg. A 2010/6164. THE GREAT SHARK HUNT. Strange Tales from a Strange Time. PICADORĀ ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON SUB Hamburg

A 2010/6164

THE GREAT SHARK HUNT Strange Tales from a Strange Time

PICADOR

Contents PART ONE

Author's Note 3 Fear and Loathing in the Bunker 5 The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved 11 A Southern City with Northern Problems 25 Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl 33 The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy 64 The Ultimate Freelancer 84 Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog 88 "Genius 'Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle 'Round" 91 Jacket copy for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 94 A Conversation on Ralph Steadman and his book, America, with Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 100 Strange Rumblings in Aztl&n 109 Freak Power in the Rockies 141 Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called "Jesus Freak" Scare 165 Memoirs of a Wretched Weekend in Washington 168

PART TWO

Presenting: The Richard Nixon Doll (Overhauled 1968 Model) 177 Author's Note 185 June 1972: The McGovern Juggernaut Rolls On 191 Later in June 206 September 217 October 225 Epitaph 227

Memo from the Sports Desk & Rude Notes from a Decompression Chamber in Miami 233 Fear and Loathing at the Watergate: Mr. Nixon Has Cashed His Check 244 Fear and Loathing in Washington: The Boys in the Bag 279 Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises 297

PART THREE

Traveler Hears Mountain Music Where It's Sung 341 A Footloose American in a Smugglers' Den 344 Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border 347 Democracy Dies in Peru, But Few Seem to Mourn Its Passing 352 The Inca of the Andes: He Haunts the Ruins of His Once-Great Empire 358 Brazilshooting 362 Chatty Letters During a Journey from Aruba to Rio 366 What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? 371 Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs 376 Marlon Brando and the Indian Fish-In 381 The "Hashbury" is the Capital of the Hippies 386 When the Beatniks were Social Lions 398 The Nonstudent Left 402 Those Daring Young Men in their Flying Machines . . . Ain't What they Used to Be! 410 The Police Chief 417

PART FOUR

The Great Shark Hunt 425 Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith 456 Address by Jimmy Carter on Law Day: University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 491 The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat 500 The Hoodlum Circus and the Statutory Rape of Bass Lake 521 Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust: The Funeral of Mother Miles 529

Welcome to Las Vegas: When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro 536 Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room 552 Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room 565 Bibliography of Works by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship 595 Bibliography of Works on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship 601 Acknowledgments 604