Flashback to 1955 - A Time Traveler's Guide: Celebrating the people places politics and pleasures that made 1955 a very special year. Perfect ... gift. (A Time-Traveler's Guide - Flashback)

- - - Also available in other years - - -Lets FLASHBACK to 1955 a very special year. Was this the year you were born? Was this the year you were married? This 70-page booklet travels back in time to celebrate your year THE YEAR 1955. Get ready to discover 70 pages of fun-filled fabulous facts. We look at the people the places the politics and the pleasures that made 1955 unique and helped shape the world we know today. Imagine if time-travel was a reality and one fine morning you wake up to find yourself flashed back in time back to the year 1955. What would life be like for a typical family in a typical town somewhere in America? The post-war boom delivered us a booming economy booming birth numbers booming suburbs and the booming trappings of the consumerist culture we still live in today.... (cont.)Now just imagine you flashed back to a town in 1955 England. Unlike boom-time America a very different picture would await you. .... (Get the book to read more!)Expertly written by author Bernard Bradforsand-Tyler a history teacher with a passion for sharing his knowledge. This 70+ page booklet makes the perfect unique and thoughtful gift for anyone born or married in the year 1955. Celebrating the people places politics and pleasures that made 1955 a very special year. Contains just the right amount of light-hearted trivia and serious international feature-news articles. A beautifully presented book filled with vintage photo reproductions on every page. Includes more than 20 rare vintage advertisements many reproduced in full-page with added enlarged text for easy reading. Contains expertly researched and written original full-page feature articles on: Life in 1955 America A Decade of Change for the UK Our Love Affair with Cars Tuning in to Television McDonalds National Expansion Rosa Parks-Montgomery Bus Boycott The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Einstein Dies at 76 Coup détat Ousts Perón James Dean-Death of an IconDisneylands Grand Opening The Lord of the Rings The Guinness Book of Records A Rock n Roll Revolution A Vaccine for Polio Plus 8 pages of Fashion Trends. Also includes: Sporting Highlights The Year in Films Most Popular TV Shows Billboard Top 30 Songs Born in the Year 1955 Census Statistics and Costs of Goods. The Time-Travelers Guide - Flashback series of books are a hit with all generations. Leave them on the coffee table for the grandchildren to enjoy too!