The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967 by Hunter S Thompson

The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967 by Hunter S Thompson

R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: A Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877), and other books, to the number of upwards of a hundred, followed in regular succession, his rule being in every case to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described.

Fear and Loathing in America, Screwjack, Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Proud Highway, Better Than Sex, and Kingdom of Fear are only a few of Thompson's works. He contributed to a number of national and international outlets, including ESPN.com, where he wrote a weekly sports column. In February 2005, he passed away.

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ISBN 13	9780679406952
ISBN 10	0679406956
Title	The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967
Author	Hunter S Thompson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1997-05-06
Number of pages	683
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