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Staying Alive—The Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer Part 2: The Serendipitous ’70S
Staying Alive—The Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer Part 2: The Serendipitous ’70S
Staying Alive—The Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer Part 2: The Serendipitous ’70S
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Staying Alive is the sequel to An Innocent ManThe Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer. The first book explored growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. Staying Alive continues the adventure into the serendipitous 1970s. The same characters we enjoyed so much in An Innocent Man return and try to take the great leap from late adolescence into early adulthood. Follow our baby boomers as they struggle to survive college, avoid or cope with the Vietnam War, and eventually join mainstream society. Watch these reckless students try to turn themselves into budding professionals; struggle with marriage, child-rearing, and divorce; and try to survive the ups and downs of the volatile 1970s. Totally submerged in their own lives and interests, they still cant avoid the impacts of multiple wars, two oil embargos, rampant inflation, on-again off-again recession, and other world and life-changing events. Follow Ed Bakers efforts to just keep staying alive, John Fitzmorriss transition from Vietnam to a normal life, Johnny Latellas desire to keep scoringon and off the athletic field, Jerry Prinzs simple desire to succeed in business, and Jack Fitzhughs tenacious struggle to turn bad luck into good. Will they survive the gyrating 1970s, and can they do it alone, or does friendship really make a difference?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 2, 2011
ISBN9781466902572
Staying Alive—The Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer Part 2: The Serendipitous ’70S
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Gene Baumgaertner

The author, Gene Baumgaertner, has written a number of books covering a variety of genre, all published by Trafford. His works include two history books, a biography, and six novels. His novels range from a fantasy about dinosaurs, historical novels about fifteenth century England (a series), stories about the life and times of American baby boomers (a series), and a science fiction novel about invaders of Earth in 4300 BC. His current work is a true-life story about the struggles of a woman who was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, who was given 4 months to live, and what it took to overcome that death sentence. He is also working on a continuation of his two series, and at the same time is nearing completion of a comprehensive three-volume work on fifteenth century England. Mr. Baumgaertner is a retired civil engineer. He lives with his wife, Kathy, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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