Searching for The Ghost of Hunter S. Thompson Hardcover – March 21, 2026

Halfway through the flight to The Netherlands,mid-Atlantic, never able to sleep on a plane,I stared out the window and there was Hunterstaring back at me.The great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsensaid, “To be a poet, most of all, to see.”Some folks have the ability to see, to see intopeople and situations in less than a second.Some folks have the second sight, the abilityto see through the veil that separates worlds.Hunter was a seer. He had the second sight.I come from a long line of farmers, coal miners,strong women and folks with the second sight.When Hunter and I met we instantly saw eachother. Hunter was a deeply spiritual iconoclast,unlike any other. Hunter and The Dalai Lamawere both teachers of the highest order, onopposite ends of the teaching spectrum.I was honored to work with both of them.The Dalai Lama is a saint and an avatar.Hunter was no saint.But Hunter sure as hell was an avatar, a great teacher.Searching for the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson.- Ron Whitehead, US National Lifetime Beat Poet LaureateA collection of poems and essays dedicated to Hunter S. Thompson from poets P.A. Jones and Ron Whitehead. Read more