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Jerry Hopkins

Born

in Camden, New Jersey, The United States

November 08, 1935

Died

June 03, 2018

Genre

Biography, History, Travel

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Jerry Hopkins was an American journalist and author best known for writing the first biographies of Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison of The Doors, as well as serving for 20 years as a correspondent and contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 51,079 ratings · 1,279 reviews · 78 distinct works • Similar authors

	No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins, Danny Sugerman, Michael McClure (Afterword) 3.94 avg rating — 46,901 ratings — published 1980 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison 4.03 avg rating — 2,771 ratings — published 1990 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elvis 4.04 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1971 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thailand Confidential 3.29 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bangkok Babylon: The Real-Life Exploits Of Bangkok's Legendary Expatriates Are Often Stranger Than Words 3.37 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jimi Hendrix : Through the Haze 3.69 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1983 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elvis the Final Years 3.75 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1981 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Cuisine: The Weird & Wonderful Foods that People Eat by Jerry Hopkins, Anthony Bourdain (Foreword), Michael Freeman (Photographer) 3.58 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind Closed Doors 3.48 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Foods: Bush Meat, Bats, and Butterflies: An Epicurean Adventure Around the World 3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Getting drunk is, uh...getting drunk, you're in complete control...up to a point. It's your choice,every time you take a sip. You have a lot of small choices.
It's like...I guess it's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation.”
― jerry hopkins

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“You can never tell who's sitting on the next bar stool.”
― Jerry Hopkins, Bangkok Babylon: The Real-Life Exploits of Bangkok's Legendary Expatriates are often Stranger than Fiction

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“I’m from the old school," Hopkins says. "Gonzo journalism was about never letting facts get in the way of a good story. I believe the exact opposite. You can still have a style, still have a personality, but you don’t make things up.”
― Jerry Hopkins, [ JIM MORRISON ] No One Here Gets Out Alive [ First Printing; June 1980 ] The long-awaited biography of Jim Morrison (Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity- singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent- the brilliant, charismatic and obsessed disciple of...

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