Fine in a near fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket with the white boarder around the photograph of Thompson and McGovern on the rear panel.

Signed by Hunter Thompson on the half-title page and subjects, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart and illustrator, Ralph Steadman. $20,000.00 Item Number: 99428įirst edition of the author’s third book and hallmark of campaign journalism.

'Thompson should be recognized for contributing some of the clearest, most bracing and fearless analysis of the possibilities and failures of American democracy in the past century.Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72. 'The best stuff on the campaign I've read anywhere.' - The Washington Post '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 'Some of the finest political and social writing of our times.' - The Seattle Times A fascinating, compelling book.' - The New York Post He hit the high notes out on the ragged edge, and thousands of us heard him above the canned din of the safe center.' - Los Angeles Times As Johnny Knoxville writes in his foreword to this 50th anniversary edition: 'Hunter predicted it all.' 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. A half-century after its original publication, Hunter S. About the Book Originally published: San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973.īook Synopsis 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.

Fear and loathing in the campaign trail