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

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 satire in the process. This skillfully told and dramatic ...