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After leaving the Air Force, Thompson worked as sports editor for a newspaper in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania before relocating to New York City. There he audited several courses at the Columbia University School of General Studies. During this time he worked briefly for Time as a copy boy for $51 a week.

During this period Thompson wrote two novels, Prince Jellyfish and The Rum Diary, and submitted many short stories to publishers – with little success. The Rum Diary, based on Thompson's experiences in Puerto Rico, was not published until 1998.

The Mitchell brothers, owners of the O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, made a documentary about Thompson in 1988 called Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die. Wayne Ewing created three documentaries about Thompson. The film Breakfast with Hunter (2003) was directed and edited by Ewing.

Following the success of Hell's Angels, Thompson successfully sold articles to several national magazines including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Pageant, and Harper's. In 1967, shortly before the Summer of Love Thompson wrote "The 'Hashbury' is the Capital of the Hippies" for The New York Times Magazine.