with the author of savage journey peter richardson. i'm very pleased to be here tonight. i've been a big fan peters for some time now i read with great interest his history of ramparts magazine, which played a big role in my development as a young journalist and hunter thompson did too i have to say i first read hunter thompson when i was a student at santa cruz you see santa cruz back in the early 1970s and his fear and loathing in las vegas and then later his coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign had a huge impact on me as a young journalist, so i read with great interests new book about honor. i knew hunter a little bit myself later on as editor of the san francisco. diameter i actually have the great pleasure of editing a couple columns by hunter thompson that was late in his career, of course, but you know to me he was an icon still is an icon. i had a huge impact on me and many at many other young writers and journalists in america, so i'm delighted to be here tonight with peter. i will jump in with a few questions and then w

join us in giving a warm welcome to our evenings guest peter richardson, david astalbot. it's a great pleasure to have you both gracing our virtual halls. welcome to city lights live. >> thank you peter. many peters tonight. all of us from city lights and it's a great honor for me to be here with the author, peter richardson. i'm very pleased to be here tonight. i've been a big fan of peters for some time now. i read with great interest his history of ramparts magazine which played a big role in my development as a young journalist and hunter thompson did too i have to say. i first read hunter thompson when i was a student at santa cruz back in the early 1970s. and his fear and loathing in las vegas and later his coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign had a huge impact on me as a young journalist. so i read with great interest peter richardson's new book about hunter. i knew hunter a little bit myself later on as an editor of the san francisco examiner. i actually had the great pleasure of editing a couple of columns by hunter thompson late in his career. but you know,

we have peter richardson, peter maverick from cityit lights.and it is a great honor for me too be here with the author of savage journey. i'm very pleased to be here tonight. i have been a big fan of peters for some time now. i read with great interest his history of rampart magazine which played a big role in my development as a young journalist. and hunter thompson did too, i have to say. i first read hunter thompson when i was a student at santa cruz back in the early 1970s. his fear and loathing of las vegas then later his coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign had a huge impact on me as a young journalist. so i read with great interest new book. i knew hunter a little bit myself later on as a san francisco examiner. i actually have the great pleasure of editing a couple columns bite hunter thompson was late in his career of course. but to me he was an icon, still is an icon. he had a huge impact on me and many other young writers and journalists in america. so i am delighted to be here tonight with peter. i will jump inhe with a few qu

celebrating the master of gonzo journalism hunter s thompson at the launch of a new book by peter richardsonitled savage journey hunter s

are celebrating the natural gonzo journalism hunter thompson at the launch of a new book by peter richardsonysavage journey, hunter s thompson and the weird road to gonzo o list by a friend at the university of california press focusing on hunter s thompson development and his unique model of authorship. mister rha