The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From a Strange Time

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The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson’s bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in his signature style. Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling “Gonzo Papers” is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style. Ranging in date from the National Observer days to the era of Rolling Stone, The Great Shark Hunt offers myriad, highly charged entries, including the first Hunter S. Thompson piece to be dubbed “gonzo”—“The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” which appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in 1970. From this essay a new journalistic movement sprang which would change the shape of American letters. Thompson's razor-sharp insight and crystal clarity capture the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and redeeming aspects of the explosive and colorful ‘60s and ‘70s. Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Rum Diary, and Better than Sex. He died in 2005. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Part One Author’s Note 1: Fear and Loathing in the Bunker 2: The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved 3: A Southern City with Northern Problems 4: Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl 5: The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy 6: The Ultimate Free Lancer 7: Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog 8: “Genius ’Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle ’Round”—Art Linkletter 9: Jacket Copy for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 10: A Conversation on Ralph Steadman and His Book, America, with Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 11: Strange Rumblings in Aztlan 12: Freak Power in the Rockies 13: Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called “Jesus Freak” Scare 14: Memoirs of a Wretched Weekend in Washington Part Two 16: Presenting: The Richard Nixon Doll (Overhauled 1968 Model) 17: Author’s Note 18: June, 1972: The McGovern Juggernaut Rolls On Later in June September October Epitaph 19: Memo from the Sports Desk & Rude Notes from a Decompression Chamber in Miami 20: Fear and Loathing at the Watergate: Mr. Nixon Has Cashed His Check 21: Fear and Loathing in Washington: The Boys in the Bag 22: Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises Part Three 23: Traveler Hears Mountain Music Where It’s Sung 24: A Footloose American in a Smugglers’ Den 25: Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border 26: Democracy Dies in Peru, but Few Seem to Mourn Its Passing 27: The Inca of the Andes: He Haunts the Ruins of His Once-Great Empire 28: Brazilshooting 29: Chatty Letters During a Journey from Aruba to Rio 30: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? 31: Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs 32: Marlon Brando and the Indian Fish-In 33: The “Hashbury” Is the Capital of the Hippies 34: When the Beatniks Were Social Lions 35: The Nonstudent Left 36: Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines . . . Ain’t What They Used to Be! 37: The Police Chief Part Four 38: The Great Shark Hunt 39: Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith 40: Address by Jimmy Carter on Law Day: University of Georgia, Athens, GA 41: The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat 42: The Hoodlum Circus and the Statutory Rape of Bass Lake 43: Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust: The Funeral of Mother Miles 44: Welcome to Las Vegas: When the Going Gets Weird the Weird Turn Pro 45: Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room 46: Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room 47: Bibliography of Works by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship 48: Bibliography of Works on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship Footnotes Footnote 1 Footnote 2 Footnote 3 Footnote 4 Footnote 5 Footnote 6 Footnote 7 Footnote 8 Footnote 9 Footnote 10 Footnote 11