It tells the story of how we pick our presidents, and how others pick them for us. It provides excellent detail on how things came together, how they fell apart, and how the entire year was a sideshow of inexplicable events. Ah well, let me pick myself up from my depression and go on to review the book.This is the story of the 1972 presidential election directly from the front lines of the campaign trail – primarily from a front seat of the disaster that was the McGovern campaign. What goes around…the more things change…those who do not learn from history…etc. Do yourself a favor do not read this book during an active presidential campaign. However, strictly because of timing, I found it incredibly depressing.
This is an excellent book, right in there with the best of Hunter S. As Johnny Knoxville writes in his foreword to this 50th anniversary edition: “Hunter predicted it all.” Read more
Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 is an epic political adventure that captures the feel of the American democratic process better than any other book ever written-and that is just as relevant to the many ills and issues roiling the nation today. Thompson’s searing account of the battle for the 1972 presidency-from the Democratic primaries to the eventual showdown between George McGovern and Richard Nixon-is infused with the characteristic wit, intensity, and emotional engagement that made Thompson “the flamboyant apostle and avatar of gonzo journalism” ( The New York Times). Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism and one of the bestselling campaign books of all time.
The 50th anniversary edition of “the best account yet published of what it feels like to be out there in the middle of the American political process” ( The New York Times Book Review) featuring a new foreword from Johnny Knoxville.Ī half-century after its original publication, Hunter S.
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