In a collection of nearly 70 essays by contributors including singer Joan Baez, APOCALYPSE NOW writer John Milius, and Paris Review editor George Plimpton, and illustrated with over 100 color and black-and-white photographs, Rolling Stone magazine surveys the decade that brought the world the end of the Vietnam War, the resignation of Richard Nixon, and the death of Elvis Presley. ROLLING STONE: THE 70S covers many familiar subjects, from producer Lorne Michaels on the beginnings of the popular comedy show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, to writer Nik Cohn on the gestation of the New York magazine article that became the classic movie SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. But though these stories of pop culture are compelling, the recounting of events significant at the time and now disappearing into obscurity with each passing decade is even more impressive: episodes like the still-mysterious death of nuclear power worker Karen Silkwood, the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, and the right-to-die controversy over Karen Ann Quinlan. Insightful essays on the effects of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade reproductive rights decision, peace in the Middle East, and the execution of Gary Gilmore (brother of Rolling Stone writer Mikal Gilmore) still resonate in the 21st century.