San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 506 pp. Original black boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped ($7.95) dust-jacket. Second-state lacking the white border around the rear photo. Light edge, shelf and handling wear, rubbing to gloss. Small chipping and tears to tips, spine ends, edges. Mild tear to bottom rear panel. Trivial shelf rubbing to edges, curling to spine crown and foot. Panel edges rubbed. Mild page toning, particular to top text block. Mild bump to top rear panel edge. Interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“A self-described political junkie, Thompson fixes his sights early on McGovern as the candidate to whom he will attach himself. Dismissing 1968 Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey as a "hopeless old hack" and presumed nominee Senator Edmund Muskie, whose campaign Thompson says exudes a "stench of death", Thompson was vindicated in his choice of McGovern. The nomination of McGovern was not assured, however, as others in the Democratic Party attempted to recruit Ted Kennedy to run or focused on George Wallace's perceived ability to win the South.”