Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

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  • 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.A
  • half-century
  • after
  • its
  • original
  • publication,
  • Hunter
  • S.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • As
  • Johnny
  • Knoxville
  • writes
  • in
  • his
  • foreword
  • to
  • this
  • 50th
  • anniversary
  • edition:
  • “Hunter
  • predicted
  • it all.”
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