{"product_id":"the-fabulous-sylvester-joshua-gamson-9780312425692","title":"The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome--to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco-sensation Sylvester was the piper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYale-trained sociologist Joshua Gamson uses Sylvester's life to lead us through the story of the 1970s, when a generation took off its shame. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle in this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Gamson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312425694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312425692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Joshua Gamson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044025561343,"sku":"9780312425692","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fad4535b-84be-4dab-a93e-5bdeb50578b4.jpg?v=1684970491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fabulous-sylvester-joshua-gamson-9780312425692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}