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The Resource Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson
Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson
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The item Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- "An intimate, close-up portrait of Hunter S. Thompson, fearless outlaw journalist. Juan Thompson tells the story of his father and of their getting to know each other during their forty-one fraught years together. He writes of the many dark times, of how far they ricocheted away from each other, and of how they found their way back before it was too late."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Contents
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- My father as a young man -- Memories begin : ages 2 to 10 -- Awakening : ages 10 to 13 -- The breakup -- The in-between time : ages 13 to 18 -- Independence : ages 18 to 24 -- Getting straight : ages 24 to 30 -- Reconciliation : ages 30 to 41 -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same
- My father as a young man. "Nothing hut a smart hillbilly" ; The Air Force or jail ; The writing life: New York, San Francisco, Big Sur, Aspen ; Partying with Ken Kesey and the Hells Angels motorcycle gang ; Elk liver in an unheated shack -- Memories begin: ages 2 to 10. Owl Farm ; The Success of Hell's Angels ; Early working habits ; Guns, motorcycles, friends in the kitchen ; The Jerome Bar ; Washington, D.C, the Free School -- Awakening: ages 10 to 13. A young horseman and his lamb ; Building fires, hauling firewood ; Trouble with guns ; I was a teenage hit man ; The Beating ; My fear, bitterness, and shame -- The breakup. "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" ; Broken glass in the morning ; Victim, witness, judge ; In the Bahamas with Buffett ; Califonia, the Promised Land ; Police in the night ; Leaving for the last time -- The in-between time: ages 13 to 18. The ugly divorce ; Drugs and vandalism ; Andover; Concord, the call of the East ; Movie night with Dad ; Cleaning the guns ; Hawaii -- Independence: ages 18 to 24. Tufts ; The cub reporter ; Priorities ; Rolling Stone ; Al-Anon in earnest ; The letters ; A year abroad ; The correspondent's coat ; Graduation with honors -- Getting straight: ages 24 to 30. The ashram ; Jennifer ; The burning of the ham ; The Bomb ; The wedding ; "I never liked yon anyway" -- Reconciliation: ages 30 to 41. The hidden language ; Better Than Sex ; The letters books ; Still cleaning the guns ; Building the fire ; "Ace" and the birth of a grandson ; Celebrated in Louisville ; The titanium spine -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same. Lawyers, guns, and money ; Symposium ; Documentaries ; The medallion
- Isbn
- 9781101875865
- Label
- Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson
- Title
- Stories I tell myself
- Title remainder
- growing up with Hunter S. Thompson
- Statement of responsibility
- Juan F. Thompson
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biographies
- Electronic books
- Thompson, Hunter S
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Thompson, Juan F
- Thompson, Hunter S. -- Family
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An intimate, close-up portrait of Hunter S. Thompson, fearless outlaw journalist. Juan Thompson tells the story of his father and of their getting to know each other during their forty-one fraught years together. He writes of the many dark times, of how far they ricocheted away from each other, and of how they found their way back before it was too late."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Juan F
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3570.H62
- LC item number
- Z89 2015eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Thompson, Juan F
- Thompson, Hunter S
- Thompson, Hunter S.
- Authors, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Label
- Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson
- Link
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- My father as a young man -- Memories begin : ages 2 to 10 -- Awakening : ages 10 to 13 -- The breakup -- The in-between time : ages 13 to 18 -- Independence : ages 18 to 24 -- Getting straight : ages 24 to 30 -- Reconciliation : ages 30 to 41 -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same
- My father as a young man. "Nothing hut a smart hillbilly" ; The Air Force or jail ; The writing life: New York, San Francisco, Big Sur, Aspen ; Partying with Ken Kesey and the Hells Angels motorcycle gang ; Elk liver in an unheated shack -- Memories begin: ages 2 to 10. Owl Farm ; The Success of Hell's Angels ; Early working habits ; Guns, motorcycles, friends in the kitchen ; The Jerome Bar ; Washington, D.C, the Free School -- Awakening: ages 10 to 13. A young horseman and his lamb ; Building fires, hauling firewood ; Trouble with guns ; I was a teenage hit man ; The Beating ; My fear, bitterness, and shame -- The breakup. "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" ; Broken glass in the morning ; Victim, witness, judge ; In the Bahamas with Buffett ; Califonia, the Promised Land ; Police in the night ; Leaving for the last time -- The in-between time: ages 13 to 18. The ugly divorce ; Drugs and vandalism ; Andover; Concord, the call of the East ; Movie night with Dad ; Cleaning the guns ; Hawaii -- Independence: ages 18 to 24. Tufts ; The cub reporter ; Priorities ; Rolling Stone ; Al-Anon in earnest ; The letters ; A year abroad ; The correspondent's coat ; Graduation with honors -- Getting straight: ages 24 to 30. The ashram ; Jennifer ; The burning of the ham ; The Bomb ; The wedding ; "I never liked yon anyway" -- Reconciliation: ages 30 to 41. The hidden language ; Better Than Sex ; The letters books ; Still cleaning the guns ; Building the fire ; "Ace" and the birth of a grandson ; Celebrated in Louisville ; The titanium spine -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same. Lawyers, guns, and money ; Symposium ; Documentaries ; The medallion
- Control code
- ocn933843136
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101875865
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- F6F0681F-0477-4718-AB1F-00D67C889C28
- System control number
- (OCoLC)933843136
- Label
- Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson, Juan F. Thompson
- Link
- Note
- This is an OverDrive title
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- My father as a young man -- Memories begin : ages 2 to 10 -- Awakening : ages 10 to 13 -- The breakup -- The in-between time : ages 13 to 18 -- Independence : ages 18 to 24 -- Getting straight : ages 24 to 30 -- Reconciliation : ages 30 to 41 -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same
- My father as a young man. "Nothing hut a smart hillbilly" ; The Air Force or jail ; The writing life: New York, San Francisco, Big Sur, Aspen ; Partying with Ken Kesey and the Hells Angels motorcycle gang ; Elk liver in an unheated shack -- Memories begin: ages 2 to 10. Owl Farm ; The Success of Hell's Angels ; Early working habits ; Guns, motorcycles, friends in the kitchen ; The Jerome Bar ; Washington, D.C, the Free School -- Awakening: ages 10 to 13. A young horseman and his lamb ; Building fires, hauling firewood ; Trouble with guns ; I was a teenage hit man ; The Beating ; My fear, bitterness, and shame -- The breakup. "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man" ; Broken glass in the morning ; Victim, witness, judge ; In the Bahamas with Buffett ; Califonia, the Promised Land ; Police in the night ; Leaving for the last time -- The in-between time: ages 13 to 18. The ugly divorce ; Drugs and vandalism ; Andover; Concord, the call of the East ; Movie night with Dad ; Cleaning the guns ; Hawaii -- Independence: ages 18 to 24. Tufts ; The cub reporter ; Priorities ; Rolling Stone ; Al-Anon in earnest ; The letters ; A year abroad ; The correspondent's coat ; Graduation with honors -- Getting straight: ages 24 to 30. The ashram ; Jennifer ; The burning of the ham ; The Bomb ; The wedding ; "I never liked yon anyway" -- Reconciliation: ages 30 to 41. The hidden language ; Better Than Sex ; The letters books ; Still cleaning the guns ; Building the fire ; "Ace" and the birth of a grandson ; Celebrated in Louisville ; The titanium spine -- The last day -- The funeral -- What changes, what remains the same. Lawyers, guns, and money ; Symposium ; Documentaries ; The medallion
- Control code
- ocn933843136
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101875865
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- F6F0681F-0477-4718-AB1F-00D67C889C28
- System control number
- (OCoLC)933843136
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biographies
- Electronic books
- Thompson, Hunter S
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Thompson, Juan F
- Thompson, Hunter S. -- Family
- Autobiographies
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