I learned what it's like to be a working journalist. I also became convinced that I need to write more letters. How amazing to have catalogued a life.

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist: The Gonzo Letters, Volume II, 1968-1976 by Hunter S. Thompson (Simon & Shuster 2001)(Biography). This contains much of Thompson’s correspondence between 1968 and 1976. It includes correspondence about his run for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, about the making of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and about the 1972 presidential campaign (Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72). I found this to be quite tedious. DNF. My rating: 6.5/10, finished 2006.

Half dozen times HST says something brilliant the rest of the time he's a raving lunatic ...

Scraps left over from his good material.