Author's note -- the valley of the moon: 1963-1964 -- that awful evil heavy Pacific fog: 1965-1966 -- a hairy animal called Nixon: 1967-1968 -- freak kingdom in the Rockies: 1969-1970 -- some dreamers of the golden dream: 1971 -- he speaks for the werewolf: 1972-1974 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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