| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
372 pages : illustration ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"An adventure-filled and thought-provoking travelogue along Hunter S. Thompson's forgotten journey through South America. In 1963, twenty-five-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, who would become America's bestselling "gonzo journalist," completed a year-long journey across South America, filing a series of dispatches for a now-defunct paper called the National Observer. With the gritty humor and keen political observations for which he later became known, correspondent Thompson reflected on topics that continue to make headlines today: the rise of leftist populism, struggles over resource extraction, the marginalization of indigenous peoples. In The Footloose American, Brian Kevin traverses the continent with Thompson's ghost as his guide, offering a ground-level exploration of twenty-first-century South American culture, politics, and ecology. By contrasting the author's own thrilling, transformative experiences along the Hunter S. Thompson Trail with those that Thompson describes in his letters and lost Observer stories, The Footloose American is at once a gripping personal journey and a thought-provoking study of culture and place"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
South America -- Social conditions.
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TRAVEL / South America / General.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Social conditions.
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| Subject |
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure.
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Kevin, Brian -- Travel -- South America.
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Indians of South America -- Social conditions.
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Thompson, Hunter S. -- Travel -- South America.
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HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
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South America -- Politics and government.
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South America -- Description and travel.
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| ISBN |
9780770436377 PAP |
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0770436374 PAP |
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