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Tables of Contents for The Great Shark Hunt
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART ONE
Author's Note
17
2
Fear and Loathing in the Bunker
19
5
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
24
14
A Southern City with Northern Problems
38
8
Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl
46
31
The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy
77
19
The Ultimate Free Lancer
96
4
Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog
100
2
"Genius 'Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle 'Round" Art Linkletter
102
3
Jacket Copy for Fear and Loathing in La Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
105
6
A Conversation on Ralph Steadman and His Book, America, with Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
111
8
Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
119
32
Freak Power in the Rockies
151
24
Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called "Jesus Freak" Scare
175
2
Memoirs of a Wretched Weekend in Washington
177
8
PART TWO
Presenting: The Richard Nixon Doll (Overhauled 1968 Model)
185
7
Author's Note
192
5
June, 1972: The McGovern Juggernaut Rolls On
197
41
Later in June
212
11
September
223
8
October
231
2
Epitaph
233
5
Memo from the Sports Desk & Rude Notes from a Decompression Chamber in Miami
238
10
Fear and Loathing at the Watergate: Mr. Nixon Has Cashed His Check
248
34
Fear and Loathing in Washington: The Boys in the Bag
282
17
Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises
299
44
PART THREE
Traveler Hears Mountain Music Where It's Sung
343
2
A Footloose American in a Smugglers' Den
345
3
Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border
348
4
Democracy Dies in Peru, but Few Seem to Mourn Its Passing
352
6
The Inca of the Andes: He Haunts the Ruins of His Once-Great Empire
358
4
Brazilshooting
362
3
Chatty Letters During a Journey from Aruba to Rio
365
4
What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum?
369
5
Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs
374
4
Marlon Brando and the Indian Fish-In
378
5
The "Hashbury" Is the Capital of the Hippies
383
11
When the Beatniks Were Social Lions
394
4
The Nonstudent Left
398
8
Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines ... Ain 't What They Used to Be!
406
7
The Police Chief
413
8
PART FOUR
The Great Shark Hunt
421
31
Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith
452
34
Address by Jimmy Carter on Law Day: University of Georgia, Athens, GA
486
9
The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat
495
21
The Hoodlum Circus and the Statutory Rape of Bass Lake
516
8
Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust: The Funeral of Mother Miles
524
6
Welcome to Las Vegas: When the Going Gets Weird the Weird Turn Pro
530
17
Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room
547
12
Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room
559
32
Bibliography of Works by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship
591
8
Bibliography of Works on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, by Kihm Winship
599