The Boys on the Bus: Riding with the Campaign Press Corps Crouse, Timothy

Crouse, Timothy

ISBN 10: 0394484436 / ISBN 13: 9780394484433

Published by Random House, 1973

About this Item

1st edition 1st printing - binding out square - some wear to edge of dust jacket - some staining to closed page edge - minor sun fade to top edge of cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Seller Inventory # WH-JHBH-2LYG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boys on the Bus: Riding with the Campaign Press Corps Crouse, Timothy
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394484436
• ISBN 13: 9780394484433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 25 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Reporter Timothy Crouse's behind-the-scenes coverage of the political press corps during the 1972 presidential campaign. An enlightening study in journalism and the political process. Photographs, Index.

Review

Political spin-doctoring has become something of an art form in the last few decades. It was less artful in the early years of the information age, and Crouse's entertaining look at the attempts of both the Nixon and McGovern '72 campaign staffs to control the media seems almost comical, so poor were they at the image-and-sound bite manipulation that now defines our politics. Crouse is a serious-minded journalist, however, and his firsthand report on how political news is made and shaped remains important reading. Check out Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 for a more madcap view of the same matters.