Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Gary Hart of Colorado, who served as McGovern’s campaign manager and would later run for and win a seat in the United States Senate, and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, who would himself capture the 1976 Democratic nomination and Presidency. The book is notable for its introduction not only to the candidates of 1972 but also its early glimpses of future political leaders. 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. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72.
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