177

  May 15

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  178

  May 19

  To Dave Fogel

  179

  May 19

  To Thomas H. O’Connor, Irving Lundborg & Co.

  180

  May 19

  To the Disabled American Veterans Association

  181

  May 23

  To Virginia Thompson

  181

  May 25

  To Selma Shapiro, Random House

  182

  May 25

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  185

  June 8

  To Thomas H. O’Connor, Irving Lundborg & Co.

  187

  June 9

  To Charles Kuralt, CBS News

  188

  June 9

  To Oscar Acosta

  188

  June 9

  To William J. Kennedy

  189

  June 21

  From William J. Kennedy

  190

  July 3

  To Dave Allen, KREX-TV

  191

  July 4

  To Joe Benti, CBS News

  192

  July 5

  From Tom Wolfe

  193

  July 10

  To Tom Wolfe

  194

  July 10

  To Dave Allen, KREX-TV

  194

  July 10

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  195

  July 15

  To L. A. Gorman, L.L. Bean

  197

  July 21

  From Tom Wolfe

  198

  July 25

  To Tom Wolfe

  199

  July 27

  To Jim Flug c/o U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy

  199

  July 29

  To William J. Kennedy

  200

  August 4

  To Don Erickson, Esquire

  201

  August 8

  To Elizabeth Ray

  203

  August 15

  From Oscar Acosta

  204

  August 30

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  205

  September 6

  To S. Levy, Dell Distributing Co.

  206

  September 24

  To Oscar Acosta

  207

  October 2

  To Joe Benti, CBS News

  208

  October 5

  To Bernard Shir-Cliff, Ballantine Books

  211

  November 15

  To Hughes Rudd, CBS News

  212

  November 15

  To Oscar Acosta

  213

  November 19

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  215

  November 19

  To Ron Dorfman, Chicago Journalism Review

  217

  December 6

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  221

  December 9

  To Don Erickson, Esquire

  225

  December 10

  To Steve Geller

  226

  December 12

  To Bernard Shir-Cliff, Ballantine Books

  228

  December 13

  To Hughes Rudd, CBS News

  229

  December 14

  To the Editor, Aspen News and Aspen Times

  231

  December 17

  To John Wilcock, Los Angeles Free Press

  232

  December 24

  From Oscar Acosta

  240

  December 28

  To Hughes Rudd, CBS News

  241

  1970

  245

  January 1

  To Selma Shapiro, Random House

  249

  January 8

  To Steve Geller

  249

  January 8

  To Dennis Murphy

  252

  January 11

  From Oscar Acosta

  252

  January 12

  To William J. Kennedy

  255

  January 13

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  257

  January 20

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  269

  January 20

  To Tom O’Connor, Irving Lundborg & Co.

  271

  January 20

  To Oscar Acosta

  271

  January 29

  To Bill Cardoso, The Boston Globe

  273

  January 29

  To Virginia Thompson

  274

  January 29

  To Eugene W. McGarr

  275

  January 30

  To Mitch Greenhill

  278

  February 10

  To Paul Krassner, The Realist

  280

  February 10

  From Oscar Acosta

  281

  March 2

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  283

  March 7

  To Virginia Thompson

  284

  March 9

  To Oscar Acosta

  285

  March 14

  To D. Porter Bibb

  287

  April

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  288

  April 23

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  289

  April 28

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  292

  April 29/30

  To Pat Oliphant, The Denver Post

  294

  May 15

  To Bill Cardoso, The Boston Globe

  295

  May 15

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  295

  May 17

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  297

  May 21

  To Lynn Nesbit

  299

  May 21

  To Juan De Onis, The New York Times

  301

  May 23

  To Thomas E. Rosetti, New York Police Department

  302

  May 27

  To Don Goddard, Scanlan’s Monthly

  303

  May 27

  To Hughes Rudd, CBS News

  304

  May 27

  To Pat Oliphant, The Denver Post

  306

  May 30

  To Mike Moore, Skiers’ Gazette

  307

  June 2

  To Ralph Steadman

  309

  June 19

  To Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle

  310

  June 23

  To George Madsen, Aspen Times

  311

  July 6

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  312

  July 6

  To Ralph Steadman

  313

  July 7

  To Larry O’Brien, Democratic National Committee

  315

  July 8

  To The Police Chief

  316

  July 9

  To Nicholas von Hoffman, The Washington Post

  316

  July 14

  To Carrie Peterson, WJZ-TV13

  318

  July 18

  To Ralph Steadman

  319

  July 20

  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  321

  July 28

  To the General Ordnance Equipment Company

  322

  July 28

  To W. S. Darley & Co.

  323

  July 28

  To Mitch Greenhill

  323

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  To Warren Hinckle, Scanlan’s Monthly

  324

  July 31

  To U.S. Senator Walter F. Mondale

  326

  August 12

  To Paul Krassner, The Realist

  327

  October 8

  Aspen Times campaign advertisement

  328

  October 22

  Aspen Times campaign advertisement

  330

  November 23

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  331

  November 23

  To Carey McWilliams, The Nation

  335

  November 25

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  337

  November 25

  To Tom Wolfe

  337

  December 5

  To William J. Kennedy

  339

  December 8

  To Sidney Zion, Scanlan’s Monthly

  340

  December 11

  To John Lombardi, Rolling Stone

  342

  December 30

  To Elizabeth Ray

  344

  1971

  347

  January 25

  From William J. Kennedy, LOOK

  351

  January 27

  To Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times

  352

  January 30

  To William J. Kennedy, LOOK

  352

  January 30

  To Selma Shapiro, Random House

  353

  January 30

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  354

  February 1

  To U.S. Senator Walter F. Mondale

  355

  February 5

  To Sidney Zion, Scanlan’s Monthly

  357

  February 8

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  359

  February 8

  To Max Palevsky

  361

  February 10

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  361

  February 22

  To Lynn Nesbit

  365

  February 25

  From Tom Wolfe

  371

  February 28

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  371

  March 3

  To Tom Wolfe

  372

  March 3

  To Virginia Thompson

  373

  April 20

  To Tom Wolfe

  375

  April 22

  To Tom Vanderschmidt, Sports Illustrated

  376

  April 23

  To Lynn Nesbit

  377

  May 7

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  378

  May 7

  To Max Palevsky

  380

  May 9

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  381

  May 9

  To George Kimball

  385

  May 9

  To David Felton, Rolling Stone

  385

  May 13

  To Oscar Acosta

  386

  May 24

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  388

  June 1

  To D. Jackson, American Express

  388

  June 1

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  390

  June 1

  To Jim Flug c/o U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy

  394

  June 2

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  395

  June 2

  To Bert Schneider, BBS Productions

  397

  June

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  402

  June

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  403

  June 15

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  405

  June 15

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  409

  June 18

  To Tom Wicker, The New York Times

  410

  June 18

  To Sidney Zion

  413

  June 19

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  414

  June 27

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  417

  June 30

  To Mark Penzer, True

  418

  June

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  420

  July 12

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  422

  July 12

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  427

  July 28

  To Eugene W. McGarr

  429

  August 12

  To Lynn Nesbit

  431

  August 12

  To Margaret Harrell

  435

  August 12

  John Wayne/Hammerhead Piece

  436

  August 31

  To Joe Eszterhas, Cleveland Plain Dealer

  440

  September 10

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  441

  September 10

  To Bill Cardoso

  443

  October

  From Oscar Acosta

  445

  October 18

  To Oscar Acosta

  448

  November

  “Instructions for Reading Gonzo Journalism”

  450

  November 18

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  450

  December 9

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  454

  December 16

  To Ralph Steadman

  457

  December 21

  To Ian Martin, Thames TV

  459

  1972

  461

  January 3

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  465

  January 14

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  466

  January 30

  To Bernard Shir-Cliff, Pocket Books

  469

  February

  To Mark Lebeau

  471

  Late February

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  472

  March 3

  From Alan Rinzler, Straight Arrow Books

  474

  March 7

  To Alan Rinzler, Straight Arrow Books

  474

  Late March

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  475

  April 13

  From Alan Rinzler, Straight Arrow Books

  476

  April 15

  To Oscar Acosta

  476

  April

  Memo from the National Affairs Desk

  477

  May

  Memo from the National Affairs Desk

  479

  June

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  480

  June

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  484

  August 2

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  485

  August

  Memo from the National Affairs Desk

  487

  August 11

  From John Chancellor, NBC News

  488

  September 11

  To John Chancellor, NBC News

  489

  September 11

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  490

  September 11

  To Ralph Steadman

  491

  September 11

  To Paul Scanlon, Rolling Stone

  492

  September

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  493

  September 17

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  496

  November 27

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone

  497

  December 17

  To Morton Dean, CBS News

  497

  December 17

  To Sandy Berger

  498

  December 19

  Memo from the Sports Desk (To John Clancy and Jann Wenner)

  501

  1973

  505

  January 25

  From Juan Thompson

  509

  January 26

  To Kay Agena, Partisan Review

  509

  February 20

  To Jim Silberman, Random House

  510

  February 22

  To Gary Hart

  512

  April 22

  To Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone