{"product_id":"9781466850163","title":"The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change-the '70s-as told through the life of ultra-fabulous superstar Sylvester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to 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. Joshua Gamson-a Yale-trained pop culture expert-uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom. Gamson captures the exuberant life, feeling, energy, and fun of a generation's wonderful, magical waking up-from the parties to the dancing and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story begins with a little black boy who started with nothing but  a really big voice. We follow him from the Gospel chorus to the glory days in the Castro where a generation shook off its shame as  Sylvester sang and began his rise as part of a now-notorious theatrical troup called the Cockettes. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle and merge around this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107445194992,"sku":"9781466850163","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466850163_p0.jpg?v=1769891394","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466850163","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}