description: Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, these are the articles that Hunter S. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the 1972 election campaign of President Richard M. Nixon and his unsuccessful opponent, Senator George S. McGovern. Hunter focuses largely on the Democratic Party's primaries and the breakdown of the national party as it splits between the different candidates.With drug-addled alacrity and incisive wit, Thompson turned his jaundiced eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for president, deconstructed the campaigns, and ended up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic
language: English
title: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
titlecomplete: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
characters: Hunter S. Thompson
genres: Classics, Essays, History, American History, Humor, Biography, Journalism, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 22220
places: The United States of America
publisher: Warner Books