Hunter Thompson Biography

Hunter Thompson isn’t an ordinary writer but an exceptional author at that, his work is pure, intriguing and wild. Thompson’s life journey reflected on his work as a journalist and author which revolved around alcohol, drugs and firearms. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in a middle class family, Thompson then has a troubled childhood once his father had died and left his family in poverty. He never got to finish high school because he was incarcerated two months for abetting in a robbery. He also repeatedly found himself with a group of friends who were persistently testing the limits as he developed a love for writing. He gained a reputation as a trouble maker. His extracurricular activities from safe attempts to achieve …show more content…
This was honored as important discovery in journalism and taken as an example of what is known as “Gonzo journalism”. This wasn’t enough for Thompson, later on in 1971 was given an assignment from Sports Illustrated to go and cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race in the Nevada desert. Even though he did travel there in March to witness the event, but the results from this piece was entirely something else, due to the amount of substances used, he created this “out-of-control tale about his alter ego”. Raoul Duke and Oscar Acosta were on a trip all around Las Vegas in hope to search for this American Dream. This is book is called “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream” which was then rejected by Sports Illustrated, it soon was published in Rolling Stone that november, “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me”. Then later on became known as one of Thompson best known work and was the published as a hardcover by Random House in 1972, also had featured illustration by Ralph steadman, this nook was a disapproving and also a commercial success and now known to be a modern classic. Fear and Loathing was turned into a movie that was directed by Terry Gilliam, and was starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Johnny Depp was a fan of Thompson’s work and then later developed a friendship. From here on, the rest of his life he had continued to write, although a lot of the work published was from his earlier years during his productive