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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Birth Country: United States. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Counterculture icon Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist best known for writing 1971's 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'...
Apr 26, 2024 · Hunter S. Thompson (born July 18, 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.—died February 20, 2005, Woody Creek, Colorado) was an American journalist and author who created the genre known as gonzo journalism, a highly personal style of reporting that made Thompson a counterculture icon.
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Dec 12, 2019 · Jeffrey Somers. Updated on December 12, 2019. Hunter S. Thompson emerged from the late 1960s counter-culture as the first of a new breed of journalist who eschewed old rules of objectivity and formal writing.
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Jul 18, 2019 · Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, served in the Air Force, and worked as a journalist in Puerto Rico before moving to San Francisco, where an article about the Hells Angels turned into a...
A scant few pages into “Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson,” his new biography of Thompson, author William McKeen—chair of the journalism department in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications—makes it clear that he has a rooting interest in his subject.
Nov 18, 2007 · Hunter Thompson was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1937 and, from adolescence on, seemed intent on becoming a classic American Literary Character, part of the outlaw slipstream that produced...
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