Odyssey of a Derelict Gunslinger: A Saga of Exposing TV Preachers, Corrupt Politicians, Right-Wing Lunatics...and Me

Odyssey of a Derelict Gunslinger is an inspiring story of John Camp's journey from a skid row curbside to national prominence as Senior Investigative Correspondent for CNN. In his career spanning more than three decades, the four-time Peabody award-winning journalist exposed the misdeeds of Governors, Congressmen, TV preachers, and an assortment of crooks in an era before broadcast deregulation and corporate greed reduced television news to drivel. He traveled the revival circuit with televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, secretly filmed Mafia dons, and flew alongside notorious dope smuggler, Barry Seal to a mythical "CIA" operations base. His Emmy-nominated CNN Whitewater documentary revealed journalism's vulnerability to the "Clinton Rules," a standard in which allegations are reported without corroboration. In Camp's parallel world of professional achievements, there is a more significant and inspiring story of how Twelve Steps gave him back his life.