The source files are written in rst(ReStructured Text) format, the standard documentation format for Python. Specifically using [Sphinx](http://sphinx.pocoo.org).
One of the default output formats IS HTML.
Build instructions on *nix:
$ fossil clone http://learnpythonthehardway.org lpthw.fossil
$ mkdir lpthw
$ cd lpthw
$ fossil open ../lpthw.fossil
$ make html
$ open _build/html/index.html
To install sphinx: $ easy_install sphinx
or $ pip install sphinx
Here you go: a zipped file containing HTML files on google docs. https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzdipdlNhpRrNWNmYjFlNmMtZTl...