Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

Hunter S. Thompson

Jun 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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.”

Ratings and reviews

While it seems likely he'll remain centrally known as: Author of "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas," comic masterpiece that'd still stand among "Great American Novels" if HST hadn't also achieved in "the Vegas book" (HST's pet name) the creation of an entirely new genre of literature: "Gonzo Jounralism," an intensely rare claim in any artform. If anything it was to reach its pinnacle in his 1972 campaign trail coverage, all of it pure Gonzo & the best writing about American politics before or since.

Infinitely relevant. The lone salesman of the awful grace of American Politics, "the true lie", how naked and void of mercy he had shown them to be. Great Read, if you can bear the awful grace of true lies.

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About the author

Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include Hell’s Angels, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72, The Rum Diary, and Better than Sex. He died in February 2005.