Hunter S. Thompson wrote this account of his experiences traveling with the press corps during the 1972 McGovern campaign. Fans of the Gonzo style of journalism will probably be disappointed by this book, as it features a lot of serious political analysis, and not much drug abuse. The book is historically interesting, however, since many of the events that were later brought to light in the Watergate scandal were occuring around this time, without Thompson's knowledge of course.