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

by Daniel Joseph Watkins

Book Overview

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, harassing them on the streets and trying to push them out of town. He knew something had to be done and he realized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996454500
• ISBN13: 9780996454506
• Release Date: January 1845
• Publishers: Meat Possum Press, 1st edition (2015)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.5" x 11.3"