Before reading this book 'The FootLoose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America", I had read the author Brian Kevin's book on Yosemite. Yosemite is a well covered place, yet his book had pictures and events that I hadnt seen in other books. so I was interested in this travel book too.
I liked the author's approach to travel of 'wandering around through the pleasantly pedestrian tableau' and 'grasping around for links with history.. compelled to travel this way, always sniffing around for the cultural-literary-historical significance of this or that'. All this overlayed on Hunter S Thompson's travels, getting an idea of various people of different countries in S America, the role of Peace Corps.
Thompson articles
Nomads from Affluence by Erik Cohen
Along the Gringo Trail
