For the reporters who covered the 1972 presidential election, the snares include lying pols, lack of sleep, cheap booze, and flying fleshpots. 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—for better or worse—and he shares his experiences here with deadpan wit and an eye for the telling detail.