LEADER 00000nam 22006018i 4500 005 20180628161917.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---uuuuu 008 140414s2014 nyu o 000 0deng d 020 9780770436384 :|c$48.00 020 0770436382 :|c$48.00 035 (OCoLC)869309538 037 0014094776|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 043 s------ 069 09473416 082 04 980 082 04 980|223 099 eBook Boundless 100 1 Kevin, Brian,|eauthor. 245 14 The footloose american :|bfollowing the hunter s. thompson trail across south america /|cBrian Kevin.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 264 1 New York :|bBroadway Books,|c2014. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 520 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. 520 "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 538 Requires Boundless App. 588 Description based on print version record. 600 10 Thompson, Hunter S.|xTravel|zSouth America. 600 10 Kevin, Brian|xTravel|zSouth America. 650 0 Travel. 650 0 Indians of South America|xSocial conditions. 650 7 Travel.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01155558 651 0 South America|xDescription and travel. 651 0 South America|xPolitics and government. 651 0 South America|xSocial conditions. 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aKevin, Brian.|tFootloose American|dNew York : Broadway Books, 2014|z9780770436377|w(DLC) 2013038287|w(OCoLC)857214583 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0014094776|zFound on Boundless