Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

The Footloose american:Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail across South america
[Paperback - 2014]
brian kevin
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $16
Our Price: Rs.2995 Rs.2546
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.449
Category: Travel
Sub-category: Travel
Additional Category: Latin American History
Publisher: Crown | ISBN: 9780770436377 | Pages: 384
Shipping Weight: .332 | Dimensions: 5.2 x .82 x 8 inches

Description

An adventure-filled and thought-provoking travelogue along Hunter S. Thompson's forgotten route through South America

In 1963, twenty-five-year-old Hunter S. Thompson completed a yearlong journey across South America, filing a series of dispatches for an upstart paper called the National Observer. It was here, on the front lines of the Cold War, that this then-unknown reporter began making a name for himself. The Hunter S. Thompson who would become America's iconic "gonzo journalist" was born in the streets of Rio, the mountains of Peru, and the black market outposts of Colombia.      

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.

About the Author

BRIAN KEVIN has written about travel, adventure, and culture for Outside, Sierra, Men’s Journal, and Travel + Leisure. He received a 2010 Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers. He currently lives in coastal Maine where he's a contributing editor at Down East.

Bestsellers in Travel

View All
Himalaya: Exploring The Roof Of The World
[Paperback - 2023]
john keay
On Demand
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £16.99
Our Price: Rs.3995 Rs.3396
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.599
Seven Years In Tibet
[Paperback - 2005]
heinrich harrer
On Demand
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.1595 Rs.1356
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.239
Piers Of The Homeless Night: Penguin Modern Book 33
[Paperback - 2018]
jack kerouac
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £3
Our Price: Rs.645 Rs.580
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.65
The Travels Of Ibn Battutah: Macmillan Collector's Library
[Hardback - 2016]
ibn battutah
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £11.99
Our Price: Rs.2595 Rs.2335
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.260
Into Iraq
[Hardback - 2022]
michael palin
In Stock
List Price: £16.99
Our Price: Rs.2845 Rs.2560
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.285