How long does it take to read The Proud Highway?
Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley, William J. Kennedy
The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley, William J. Kennedy takes about 12 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 31 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 683 pages, about 187,825 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This first volume of the Fear and Loathing Letters begins with a high school essay written in 1955 - when Hunter S. Thompson was a wise (perhaps too wise) teenager in Louisville - and takes us through 1967, when the publication of Hell's Angels made the author an international celebrity (and nearly resulted in his death). In the intervening years, Thompson's prolific and often profound correspondence gives us an unforgettable vista of the America of the Eisenhower and Kennedy years as well as an authoritative introduction to the cultural revolution of the sixties. With a vicious eye for detail, a rude wit, and a brutal take on any and all pretenders, Thompson's missiles pierce pomposity and rattle the soul. Whether written to his mother, Virginia, or to such luminaries as Charles Kuralt, Philip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, and Joan Baez, the letters represent the evolution of an American original, a singular voice defying an era of banality.
Subjects: Journalists, correspondence, Correspondence, Journalists, United States
