1970's Government and Politics | The Boys on the Bus

Memoir

By: Timothy Crouse

Date: 1973

Source: Crouse, Timothy. The Boys on the Bus. New York: Random House, 1973, 3–8, 10–15.

About the Author: Timothy Crouse (1947–), New York City native, completed his bachelor's degree at Harvard University in 1968. After a tour in the Peace Corps, he wrote for the Boston Herald, before joining the staff of Rolling Stone as a contributing editor from 1971 to 1975. While at the magazine, he covered the presidential campaign of South Dakota senator George S. McGovern, the subject of his 1973 book The Boys on the Bus.

Introduction

Through the 1970s, journalists adopted a mostly deferential tone when reporting on public figures. Pictures of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (served 1933–1945), who was confined to a wheelchair after a crippling bout of polio, were never publicized; nor did reports...