Hunter S. Thompson
In his book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, journalist Hunter S. Thompson made repeated references to Horatio Alger during his search for the American Dream. He called the Circus Circus Las Vegas, which he considered the main nerve of the American Dream, "pure Horatio Alger." The final line of the book is Thompson saying that he thinks of himself as a "monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger. A Man on the Move, and just sick enough to be totally confident."
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