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Hunter S. Thompson typed postcard with a handwritten note, postmarked 19 January 1961 from Big Sur, California. Writing to his friend Paul Semonin in Aspen, Colorado, Thompson writes in full, ''Garcon! // Am interuppting [sic] (sp?) Big Sur piece for Playboy long enough to flash a fat high-sign across the desert to the [crossed out] snowbound interior. I have done the dinga (note new address): am moving into massive castle on cliff above sea, rent $15 per mo. Have also gained control of Eng. Triumph motorcycle (a wild and terrible thing, compared to the scooter of yore) with no lights & two hellfire pistons that carry me along these cliffs at lip-curling speed. Got tentative assgn. from Playboy & am trying to work as much as possible before Maxine [Ambus] comes back with a load of gin. She called yesterday from Bone's apt & is heading west. I shall be over to see you before Feb 15 if she arrives on schedule. Never know. The Great P.R. novel limps along. Unctuously, WDT''. Thompson underlines his pseudonym initials (or signs ''Z'') and handwrites ''Fat days are here.'' His address on front of card reads ''HST / Manor House / Big Sur, Calif.'' Postcard measures 5.5'' x 3.25''. Heavy creasing, overall in good condition.
Hunter Thompson Postcard From Big Sur in 1961 -- ''...Eng. Triumph motorcycle...with no lights & two hellfire pistons that carry me along these cliffs at lip-curling speed...''
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