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The Life and Strange Times of Writer Hunter S. Thompson

In June of 1970, journalist Hunter S. Thompson was sent to his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, to cover the highlights of the world-famous Kentucky Derby, for Scanlan’s Monthly. The result was a now infamous article entitled, “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.”  Virtually ignoring the race itself, Thompson focused instead on the orgy-like atmosphere– […]

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