false <![CDATA[Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179001500m/864133.jpg 7748 8 With the same drug-addled alacrity & jaundiced wit that made Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye & gonzo heart to the repellent & seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern & political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. 273425 1972 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 total:3345|5:1184|4:1266|3:752|2:132|1:11| 3345 13515 4408 262 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 1 false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 12:41:28 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 13:37:27 -0700 2008 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72 to a reader in the summer of 2008 (me) is the parallel between 1972 and 2008. As an unpopular war rages, the anointed establishment candidate, replete with a massive lead in endorsements from the major players, loses the in...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 5 1 false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 07:35:11 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 10:05:42 -0800 2008
Still, I can't think of another book (that I'd actually feel like reading) that takes so much care -- to the extent that one can apply that word to Thompson's work -- with the Th...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 4 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 14 11:06:51 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 16 14:17:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 5 1 false Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 07:30:54 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 07:41:34 -0800 2009 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Campaign Trail '72 is the epitome of the gonzo journalism experience. The author has just the right amount of straight journalism and personal experience which of course includes some of his own outrageous reactions and opi...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:51:26 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:26:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 0 0 false Sun Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu May 21 14:03:51 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:03:51 -0700 2009


The STOP SMILING Downfall of American Publishing Issue dedicates 40 pages to an oral history of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, which includes interviews with collaborators and friends such as Ralph Steadman, Craig Vetter, wife Anita Thompson, PJ O'Rourke, and more.

About the i...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Sat Apr 12 10:04:50 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 15 09:10:17 -0800 2009 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 5 1 false Mon Sep 01 11:14:10 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 11:15:16 -0700 2008 864133 0007204485 9780007204489 33 4 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179001500m/864133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/864133.Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 04 07:08:46 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:21:50 -0700 2009 Rolling Stone. Away from Las Vegas, he takes Fear And Loathing across America in 1972 for the race for the democratic nomination and the pr...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 0 0 false Mon Apr 13 07:55:30 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 17 19:09:12 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 13 07:55:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:27:50 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 13:14:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 4 0 false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:09:12 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 21:50:04 -0800 2009 Nixonland, and seeing the new documentary on Thompson, Gonzo. It's my first exposure to Thompson's long works, and it's mighty fun reading, although tackling it after Perlstein's book ensured...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 18 15:00:13 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 15:47:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1358601 0879320532 9780879320539 14 3 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1207726886m/1358601.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1358601.Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Wed Apr 09 00:47:45 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 00:57:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 5 0 false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 20:25:42 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 18:04:28 -0700 2008 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 is a raw, worthwhile Thompson-hit of black acid...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 08:29:36 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 08:30:32 -0800 2008 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and various articles about sports and motorcycles. I always thought of him as a talented if maniacal writer. What engrossed me about campaign trail was his utter fluency in the po...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jan 02 13:52:04 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 10:47:23 -0800 2008
Once I ...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 14:59:41 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 22:39:32 -0700 2007 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," this book is not for you. If you know H.S.T. as a journalist who, in his pre-gonzo years actually covered stories with less drugs and craziness, then you may be able to handle the politics of 1972.

The drugs are t...more...]]> 961503 0000020532 9780000020536 5 2 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179838230m/961503.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/961503.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:19:56 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:27:40 -0700 2007
Thompson knew and genuinely cared about politics, ...more...]]> 7748 0446698229 9780446698221 3210 244 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639650m/7748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7748.Fear_and_Loathing_On_the_Campaign_Trail_72 3 0 false Tue Jul 17 17:21:06 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 12:34:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=864133