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Did you graduate in the 70’s?
Get married in the 70’s?
Have a birthday in the 70’s
Know someone who graduated, got married, or had a birthday in the 70’s??? 

This beautiful (new hardcover) 140 page gift book Celebrates the 70’s and is the perfect item for a 70’s persons (or anyone who enjoyed that time). 

Produced by Peoples Weekly with an introduction by Henry Winkler it includes a bonus 70’s music CD. Revisits the decade of self-discovery and self-fulfillment with photographs and commentary on some of the most popular television, motion picture, and national celebrities of the decade, including Richard Pryor, Erica Jong, and Michael Jackson. 

Celebrating the 70’s:  Put on your platform shoes, pump up the disco beat and join People for an unforgettable visit to any unbelievable galaxy far far away; America in the 1970’s.

Rediscover the “Me Decade,” when gas tanks went dry but everybody filled up an self-discovery, Liz Taylor divorced Richard to Burton to marry a U.S. Senator, Jackie O. became a working woman and Cher launched the first of many comebacks. Jane Fonda helped us look better and Julia Child helped us cook better and while Erica Jong helped us… well, let’s just zip past that one.

In the 70’s, hemlines rose as all kinds of barriers fell. Alex Haley led African Americans on a thrilling voyage to their roots.  Richard Pryor made stand-up comedy scalding and subversive again.  David Bowie glitterized rock while Bruce Springteen mesmerized fans with his marathon sets.

Things were different in the 70’s. The perfect kitchen had a toaster oven, not a microwave. Cars had CB radios and 8-track tape players.  Michael Jackson had a nose.

Whether you were too young to experience them to remember this beautiful picture filled gift book will lift you like an Evel Knievel stunt and leave you feeling as cuchi-cuchi as Charo.
Have a nice Decade! 

Table of (picture filled) Contents:
1. The Way We Were (including the mood ring, carpenters, Brady’s and All in the Family)
2. The Me Decade (as we turned inward to discover the wonders of – ourselves)
3. Singular Sensations (Cher! Elton! Bette!)
4. I Am Woman (hear me roar!)
5. American Pie (a rocky mountain high)
6. Dark Side of the Moon (Beatles broke up, Saigon fell, Elvis died, and the president lied)
7. Roots (reclaiming a heritage)
8. Love American Style (revolution and romance)
9. What Were We Thinking (Uhhh… maybe we weren’t – e.g. pet rocks)
10.Disco Inferno (dance fever)
11. Walk On the Wild Side (from glitter to bikers, we excelled at excess) 

CD
1. Good Times: Chic
2. What’s going On: Marvin Gaye
3. Don’t Stop: Fleetwood Mac
4. What A Fool Believes: The Doobie Brothers
5. Get Down Tonight: KC and the Sunshine Band
6. Disco Inferno: The Trammps
7. Love Will Keep Us Together: Captian and Tennille
8. My Sharona: The Knack
9. Welcome Back: John Sebastain
10. Rhinestone Cowboy: Glen Campbell
11. American Pie: Don McLean
12. Lets Do It Again: The Staple Singers 

I wish I could show you all of the fantastic pictures, but you need to buy this book.  This was a rare find, Neither Amazon nor Barnes & Nobles has is available as a new book (but we do). Retailed at $32, worth soooo much more now, but yours for a song.

Item Special Note

Winning Bidder can pick up this item at the SCC Foundatin Office, December 1-15 (just in time for Christmas)