Its been a while since Presidential election politics has been this interesting, this provocative, and most of all this passionate. For the first time in eight years, both major parties have open nominations– and choosing their own candidate has been everything but a clean fight. There have been attempts at voter suppression, there have been battles based on race and gender, there has been push polling, even vote count accuracy has been questioned. In all, this has been interesting, provocative, and passionate, but not as fiery and bitter as the Presidential campaigns of 1972. Four years after the historic riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago of ‘68, the Democratic party was faced with finding a candidate to take on the polarizing, controversial President Richard M. Nixon.

What follows is most accurately described with two words: fear and loathing. Who better to tell this story than our favorite Gonzo Journalist, Hunter S. Thompson?  In “On the Campaign Trail ‘72″, Hunter Thompson gets up close and personal with the candidates of both major parties- including his arch-nemesis, Richard Nixon.  While many of the famous Hunter hijinks can be expected, those only familiar with the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas will find a much more profound side to Thompson.  In this book, you’ll learn about dirty American politics before the internet generation, and why we can always expect a dirty fight in the game of choosing our President.  With strong parallels to this election and the last election before it, you’ll find this book stunningly relevant today.  Read it, enjoy it, and bring a stronger sense of history into this coming Presidential election.

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