{"product_id":"the-footloose-american-brian-kevin-9780770436377","title":"The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn adventure-filled and thought-provoking travelogue along Hunter S. Thompson's forgotten route through South America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1963, twenty-five-year-old Hunter S. Thompson completed a yearlong journey across South America, filing a series of dispatches for an upstart paper called the \u003ci\u003eNational Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. It was here, on the front lines of the Cold War, that this then-unknown reporter began making a name for himself. The Hunter S. Thompson who would become America's iconic \"gonzo journalist\" was born in the streets of Rio, the mountains of Peru, and the black market outposts of Colombia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Footloose American\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Kevin traverses the continent with Thompson's ghost as his guide, offering a ground-level exploration of twenty-first-century South American culture, politics, and ecology. By contrasting the author's own thrilling, transformative experiences along the Hunter S. Thompson Trail with those that Thompson describes in his letters and lost \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Footloose American\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a gripping personal journey and a thought-provoking study of culture and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Kevin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0770436374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780770436377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 124","brand":"Brian Kevin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410404143359,"sku":"9780770436377","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e1ce8cd-e84e-4b7e-9a28-91ed236ae2ac.jpg?v=1697536092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-footloose-american-brian-kevin-9780770436377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}