Recently deceased hard-living writer who inserted himself into his accounts of America's underbelly and popularized a first-person form of journalism in books such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Signed book: The Proud Highway. First edition. NY: Villard, 1997. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 683 pages. Signed in black felt tip on a bookplate affixed to the first free end page “H. S. T.” Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance from an associate of Thompson’s explaining the signatures. In fine condition. R&R COA.
