Sally Denton is an investigative reporter, author, and historian who writes about the subjects others ignore from a drug conspiracy in Kentucky to organized crime in Las Vegas; from corruption within the Mormon Church to the hidden history of Manifest Destiny; from one of America s bitterest political campaigns to the powerful forces against Franklin D. Roosevelt. She has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Woodrow Wilson Public Scholar Fellowship, and the Black Mountain/Kluge Fellowship. She is the author of, among others, "The Money and the Power", "American Massacre", "The Bluegrass Conspiracy, "and "The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World".
When Kentucky blueblood Drew Thornton parachuted to his death in September 1985—carrying thousands in cash and 150 pounds of cocaine—the gruesome end of his startling life blew open a scandal that reached to the most secret circles of the US governmen...[SEE MORE]