Outlaw Journalist Paperback by William Mckeen

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2009-06-23)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 448 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393061925
• Item Weight: 371.38 grams
• Dimensions: 20.96 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm

"Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging…but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In Outlaw Journalist, the famous inventor of Gonzo journalism is portrayed as never before. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson’s associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and the drugs to show the man and the writer—one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of journalism was life.

About the Author

William McKeen, chair of the journalism department at Boston University, has written or edited thirteen books including Outlaw Journalist, Highway 61, and Everybody Had an Ocean.