Cheap booze. Flying fleshpots. Lack of sleep. Endless spin. Lying pols.
Just a few of the snares lying in wait for the reporters who covered the 1972
presidential election. Traveling with the press pack from the June primaries to
the big night in November, Rolling Stone reporter Timothy Crouse hopscotched the
country with both the Nixon and McGovern campaigns and witnessed the birth of
modern campaign journalism. The Boys on the Bus is the raucous story of how
American news got to be what it is today. With its verve, wit, and psychological
acumen, it is a classic of American reporting.
Reporter Crouse's behind-the-scenes coverage of