Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)
Auteur van Angst en walging in Las Vegas een drieste expeditie naar het hart van de Amerikaanse droom
Over de Auteur
Hunter S. Thompson was born on July 18, 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of sixteen he was inducted into the Athenaeum Literary Association and wrote for the Athenaeum Journal. During his two years in the US Air Force, Thompson wrote a sports column for The Common Courier. After he was toon meer discharged, he moved to New York to work as a copy boy at Time Magazine and later moved to San Juan to write for a Puerto Rican bowling magazine. He also reported to the National Observer from South America. Upon his return to the US, Thompson wrote Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, which became a national bestseller and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was originally published in Rolling Stone magazine. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Esquire. Both Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portrayed Hunter in feature film movies based on his books, Where the Buffalo Roam and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, respectively. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on February 20, 2005 at his home in Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Hunter S. Thompson
Angst en walging in Las Vegas een drieste expeditie naar het hart van de Amerikaanse droom (1971) 14,496 exemplaren, 193 besprekingen
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's (1988) 1,703 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2003) 1,527 exemplaren, 10 besprekingen
Songs of the Doomed : More Notes on the Death of the American Dream (1990) 1,110 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (1997) — Auteur — 950 exemplaren, 10 besprekingen
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories (Modern Library) (1996) 724 exemplaren, 6 besprekingen
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Modern History from the Sports Desk (2004) 587 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson (2011) 256 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2018) 22 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb 3 exemplaren
Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Attract Investors, Establish Credibility, and Fund Deals (2019) 2 exemplaren
Fear and Loathing in Miami Beach 2 exemplaren
Fear and Loathing at the Watergate 2 exemplaren
The Hippies 2 exemplaren
Hunter's Letter 1 exemplaar
Królestwo lęku 1 exemplaar
Las Vegas 1 exemplaar
Romtrs̃ket 1 exemplaar
Gonzo-Schriften I, 2 Die große Haifischjagd 1 exemplaar
Fear and Loathing in Florida 1 exemplaar
Strange Ramblings in Aztlan 1 exemplaar
1977 11 01 [sound recording] 1 exemplaar
The Harley-Davidson reader 1 exemplaar
Fear And Loathing, Campaign 2004 1 exemplaar
Hey Rube! I Love You: Rolling Stone, May 1999 1 exemplaar
Thompson, Hunter S.: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, A Savage Return: Rolling Stone 1992 1 exemplaar
The temptations of Jean-Claude Killy 1 exemplaar
The murder of Ruben Salazar 1 exemplaar
Freak Power in the Rockies 1 exemplaar
Strah i požuda u New Yorku 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Thompson, Hunter S.
- Officiële naam
- Thompson, Hunter Stockton
- Geboortedatum
- 1937-07-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-02-20
- Graflocatie
- The sky!!!
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Woody Creek, Colorado, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- Suicide
- Woonplaatsen
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Woody Creek, Colorado, USA - Opleiding
- Columbia University
Florida State University - Beroepen
- journalist
author - Relaties
- Thompson, Anita (wife)
- Organisaties
- United States Air Force
National Observer
Rolling Stone
National Rifle Association
NORML - Agent
- Nesbit, Lynn
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