Looking back a half-century into the Hunter S. Thompson masterwork "Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" offers odd perspectives. In this episode of our ongoing series, looking at March of 1972, we find the famous violence and disruption on front-runner Ed Muskie's campaign train that landed our hero in hot water. (Spoiler alert: the "Man From Maine" does not fare well in these pages.) Also, Curtis offers some later-day updates on the "wild man" who actually caused all the Muskie train trouble. We also take note that Hunter sees the rise of George McGovern's campaign. Perhaps surprisingly, HST is not that much of an early fan.
