Hunter S. Thompson biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Hunter S. Thompson

Author Name:

Hunter S. Thompson

Born As:

Hunter Stockton Thompson

Other Names:

Born:

18 Jul 1937

Died:

20 Feb 2005




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Journalist and author                          
Selected Works:

Books:

The Fear and Loathing Letters - Vol. 1: The Proud Highway: The Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman - 1955-1967

The Rum Diary - Written in early 1960's - not published until 1998

Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga - 1966
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream - 1971
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail - 1972
San Francisco - Straight Arrow Books - 1973



Gonzo Papers - Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

The Curse of Lono - illustrated by Ralph Steadman - 1983

Gonzo Papers - Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s - 1988

Gonzo Papers - Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream - 1990

Gonzo Papers - Vol. 4: Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie - 1994

Screw-jack:and other stories - 2000


Mistah Leary - He Dead - 1997 - Hand-sewn/Hand-printed Chapbook - 300 Copies - 

The Fear and Loathing Letters - Vol. 2: Fear and Loathing in America -  The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968–1976
Collection of Papers first appeared in Time magazine - 1997

Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century - 2003

Fire in the Nuts
Gonzo International/Steam Press/Petro III Graphics/Sylph Publications - 2004 - 176 Total Copies.

Hey Rube: Blood Sport - the Bush Doctrine - and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk - 2004

GONZO: Photographs By Hunter S. Thompson
AMMO Books - 2006

The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005 - 2008.                          
Mother Virginia Davidson Ray
Father Jack Robert, three children - Hunter, Davison, and James.
Wife Sandra Conklin