Author and historian Peter Richardson, however, worries that, “in some ways, the things that made [Thompson] important in the first place have been lost [as he’s] been turned into [a] cartoon character.” That’s one of the reasons Richardson, who has documented great figures and moments of the 1960s and ‘70s in several books on former Nation editor Carey McWilliams, The Grateful Dead and Ramparts Magazine, decided to explore Thompson’s life and work in his latest book, “Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo.”

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