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My lawn slopes down to the sidewalk the grass is still green, but the life is going out of it. Outside my new front door the street is full of leaves. Is This Trip Necessary?… Strategic Retreat into National Politics… Two Minutes & One Gram Before Midnight on the Pennsylvania Turnpike… Setting Up the National Affairs Desk… Can Georgetown Survive the Black Menace?… Fear and Loathing in Washington… As Johnny Knoxville writes in his foreword to this 50th anniversary edition: “Hunter predicted it all.” Excerptįear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 December 1971

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.