April 17 To Jim Thompson
April 17 To Lionel Olay
April 20 To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baumgartner
May 5 To Paul Semonin
May 10 To William J. Kennedy
May 26 To Paul Semonin
June 6 To Paul Semonin
June 26 To Al Podell, Argosy
August 3 To Bill Williamson, Brazil Herald
August 4 To Paul Semonin
August 28 To Paul Semonin
September 17 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
October 19 To William J. Kennedy
December 1 To Paul Semonin
December 17 To Daryl Harrington
1963
January 1 To Jo Hudson
February 8 To Philip L. Graham, c/o Newsweek
March 25 From Philip L. Graham, President, The Washington Post Company
April 6 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
April 8 To Philip L. Graham, The Washington Post Company
April 24 To Tom Martin
April 25 To Sandy Conklin
April 28 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
April 29 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
May 18 From Philip L. Graham, The Washington Post Company
May 22 To Robert Bone
May 22 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
June 7 To Philip L. Graham, The Washington Post Company
July 11 From Philip L. Graham’s secretary
August 15 To William J. Kennedy
August 20 To Davison Thompson
August 23 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
August 29 To the Bushnell Company
September 9 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
September 11 To Al Podell, Argosy
September 14 To Editor, Denver Post
September 20 To Lionel Olay
October 14 To Editor, Saturday Review
October 25 To Lionel Olay
November 3 To Daryl Harrington
November 5 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
November 6 To Paul Semonin
November 14 To Editor, Denver Post
November 18 To Jo Hudson
November 19 To Laurie Hosford
November 19 To Al Podell, Argosy
November 19 To Postmaster General
November 22 To Paul Semonin
November 22 To William J. Kennedy
November 25 To Eugene W. McGarr
December 1 To Dwight Martin, The Reporter
1964
January 3 To Paul Semonin
January 12 To Dwight Martin, The Reporter
January 28 To Dwight Martin, The Reporter
January 29 To Lionel Olay
January 31 To Paul Semonin
February 1 To Dwight Martin, The Reporter
February 21 To Dwight Martin, The Reporter
March 7 To Kay Boyle
March 11 To Paul Semonin
March 17 To Eleanor Rawson
March 22 To William J. Kennedy
April 2 To John Macauley Smith
April 7 To Paul Semonin
April 9 To Eugene W. McGarr
April 28 To Paul Semonin
May 23 To Paul Semonin
June 3 To Lyndon Johnson
June 17 From Larry O’Brien, Special Assistant to the President
June 24 To William J. Kennedy
June 25 To Larry O’Brien, Special Assistant to the President
June 25 To Mr. Sundell, Pageant
July 8 To Mike Murphy
July 21 To Loren Jenkins
August 19 To Don Cooke
October 23 To William Kilpatrick, Pageant
November 15 To Paul Semonin
November 25 To Paul Semonin
December 18 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
1965
January 11 To Moon Fay Ng
January 28 To Editor, Transatlantic Review
January 29 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
February 4 To Bill Giles, National Observer
“Dr. Slow: Or, How I Learned to Save Money, Lose Weight, and Love the Airplane …”
February 5 To Paul Semonin
March 1 To Charles Kuralt
March 11 To Lyndon Johnson
March 18 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
March 26 To Charles Kuralt
March 27 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
April 9 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
April 18 To Paul Semonin
April 28 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
May 2 To Don Cooke
May 3 To Dave Hacker
May 13 To Richard Scowcroft, Stanford University
May 17 To Sara Blackburn, Pantheon Books
May 18 To Clifford Ridley, National Observer
May 31 To Charles Kuralt
June 8 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
June 9 To Paul Semonin
June 10 To Angus Cameron, Alfred E. Knopf
June 14 To Editor, The Nation
June 23 To Charles Kuralt
June 26 To the National Rifle Association
June 28 To Angus Cameron, Alfred E. Knopf
June 28 To Jim Ridgeway, The New Republic
July 6 To Tom Wolfe
July 20 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
August 9 To Murray Fisher, Playboy
August 10 To William J. Kennedy
September 17 To Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
September 18 To William J. Kennedy
September 25 To Jim Thompson
September 30 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
October 13 “Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog”
October 22 To Sara Blackburn, Pantheon Books
November 4 To Norman Mailer
December 1 To R. A. Abernathy, President, American Motors Corp.
December 10 To R. A. Abernathy, President, American Motors Corp.
1966
January 19 To Joan Baez
January 26 To Lyndon Johnson
February 9 To Paul Semonin
February 10 To Nelson Algren
February 16 From Nelson Algren
February 19 To Nelson Algren
March 17 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
March 23 To Nelson Algren
March 23 To Mr. Jed Strodtbeck
April 12 To Don McKinney, Saturday Evening Post
April 26 To Norman Mailer
April 27 To Marguerite Gifford
May 24 To William J. Kennedy
June 2 To Sonny Barger
June 14 To Moon Fay Ng
June 18 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
June 26 To Bob Devaney
June 28 To Allen Ginsberg
July 20 To Max Scherr, Editor, Berkeley Barb
August 16 To Bank of Aspen
August 20 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
August 21 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
August 26 To Virginia Thompson
September 25 To Sonny Barger
October 4 To Paul Semonin
October 19 To Charles Kuralt
November 28 To Chuck Alverson
December 8 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
December 14 To Art Kunkin, Los Angeles Free Press
December 25 “The Hype of the Century” (article proposal sent to various editors)
1967
January 5 To John Wilcock, Los Angeles Free Press
February 8 To Sonny Barger
March 21 To Selma Shapiro, Random House
March 21 To Terry the Tramp
April 1 To Hugh Downs, Today show
April 5 To Lewis Nichols, The New York Times Book Review
April 20 To Ken Lamott, Los Angeles Times
May 13 To Jim Silberman, Random House
May 19 To Scott Meredith
May 24 To Tom Wolfe
May 27 To Mr. Shenck, Editor, Ramparts
June 1 From Charles Kuralt
Ju
ne 5 To Don Erikson, Esquire
June 6 To Paul Krassner, The Realist
June 6 To Charles Kuralt
June 14 To Paul Krassner, The Realist
June 25 From Dale (14-year-old boy)
June 26 To Sales Manager, BSA Motorcycles—Western
June 26 To Larry O’Brien, Postmaster General
June 28 To H. Lawrence Lack, Los Angeles Free Press
July 6 To Dale
July 7 To Ralph Ginzburg, Fact
July 12 To William J. Kennedy
July 13 To Don Erikson, Esquire
July 25 To Ralph Ginzburg, Fact
August 14 To Art Kunkin, Los Angeles Free Press
August 15 To Aspen Daily News
August 28 To Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle
September 4 To John Grabree, Playboy
October 2 To Warren Hinckle, Ramparts
October 3 To Joan Baez
October 5 To Ken Kesey
October 7 To Carey McWilliams, The Nation
October 11 To Peter Collier, Ramparts
October 22 To Paul Krassner, The Realist
October 31 To Tom Slotsky
November 14 To Peter Collier, Ramparts
November 23 From Tom Wolfe
November 28 To Tom Wolfe
December 7 To Lee Berry
TO DEBORAH FULLER & TAMMY CIMALORE
AND
TO ED ABBEY,
WHO WORKED THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
ALSO BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Hell’s Angels
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail ’72
The Great Shark Hunt
The Curse of Lono
Generation of Swine
Songs of the Doomed
Screwjack
Better Than Sex
The Rum Diary
Kingdom of Fear
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) was a journalist and novelist who created what came to be known as “Gonzo journalism.” A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he began writing as a sports columnist in Florida, and subsequently wrote for many newspapers. His research on the Hell’s Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws—riding, loafing, plotting, and eventually being stomped. Thompson’s other works include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72, and The Rum Diary (a novel).
ABOUT THE EDITOR
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY is director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and professor of history at the University of New Orleans. He is the author of such award-winning books as The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey (1993), Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953–1971 (1992), and Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal (with Townsend Hoopes, 1992). Professor Brinkley is currently writing a multivolume biography of former president Jimmy Carter and is the co-author with historian Stephen Ambrose of Rise to Globalism. He is also the poetry commentator on National Public Radio.