Freak Power - Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff by Daniel Joseph Watkins (2015-05-03)

Daniel Joseph Watkins

ISBN 10: 0996454500 / ISBN 13: 9780996454506

Published by Meat Possum Press; 1st edition (2015) January 1845, 1845

Seller Inventory # 572880

Synopsis:

Hunter S. Thompson came home from the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago disgusted yet motivated by what he’d seen: protests violently suppressed, riots, corrupt politicians and abusive cops. Back in Aspen, he found more of the same. The local police and sheriff’s departments were targeting hippies, charging them with absurd crimes, haring them on the streets and trying to push them out of town. He knew something had to be done and he realized it had to be done by people like himself. The hippies, intellectuals, and freaks had remained silent long enough. The time had come to organize and seize political power. Freak Power tells the story of Hunter’s plan to become Sheriff, take control of Aspen and transform it from a conservative mining town into a mecca for artists, rebels and activists. Through original print material from the campaign, photographs and political art, Freak Power chronicles a little known period in Hunter S. Thompson’s life, a period when he wrote prol

Bibliographic Details

Title: Freak Power - Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign ...
Publisher: Meat Possum Press; 1st edition (2015) January 1845
Publication Date: 1845
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed By Author