Vintage issue # 95 of Rolling Stone magazine dated November 11, 1971 and featuring a truly classic cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. Hunter S. Thompson, (aka Raoul Duke ) the gonzo journalist himself, weighs in with his seminal piece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream along with 12 more Steadman illustrations.
If you came of age in the seventies, you were well aware of this journalistic work of art, which begins with "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive..." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like large bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car...".
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