Gallery Holiday 1997

Departments
6 Right Up Front
8 Feedback
20 Gallery Guide: Travel
26 Short Takes
50 Gallery Guide: Music
77 Private Lives
94 Gallery Guide: Health
98 Toys For Men
112 Gallery Guide: Media
133 Mating Game
139 The Back Side: Erotic Fiction
Pictorials
10 Jessi Photos by J. Siephen Hicks
29 Bonus `Girl Next Door’ pin-up page
30 ‘Girl Next Door’ entries
40 ‘Girl Next Door’ monthly winner
60 Racheal Photos by J. Stephen Hicks
82 Monika Photos by Glenn Morales
104 Anne Photos by Andrea Fantini
122 Colleen Photos by Jean-Pierre Bourgeois
146 Chantilly Photos by Anneli Adolfsson
160 Mika Photos by Hans Bucher
Features
52 The Gallery Interview: Jeffrey MacDonald
For more than two decades, the question has lingered: Who killed this man’s family? Interview by Dan McAnaney.
69 Why America Loves The `Girl Next Door’
She’s smart, sexy…and she lives on your street! A loving look back at America’s hottest women.
116 Then & Now: 1972 vs. 1997
25 years have gone by since the first issue of Gallery hit the streets. A fun-loving comparison of what some term the “good old days”

PUBLISHER’S NOTE
RIGHT UP FRONT
Our landmark issue
Twenty-five years is a long time for anything. In publishing, it’s a milestone that very few magazines reach, which is why we here at Gallery are very proud to have reached our silver anniversary.
I was 11 years old when the first issue of Gallery was published. F. Lee Bailey was the publisher, and Linda Evans was featured in a pictorial photographed by her then-husband, John Derek. In that premiere issue, there was an advertisement for the Datsun 240Z, and the pictorials back then were noticeably milder than today. When the November 1972 issue hit the stands, the men’s field of sophisticate magazines was much less dense. The number of titles could be counted on one hand: Playboy, Penthouse, and Gallery. Larry Flynt had yet to publish his first issue of Hustler. In fact, in 1973 for several issues of Gallery, the associate publisher was none other than Larry Flynt.
In 1972, Richard Nixon had just started his second term as President, the Vietnam war was ending, and Michael Jordan was in elementary school. Now in 1997, Richard Nixon is dead, the Vietnam war is a memory, and Michael Jordan earns in excess of $50 million per year. The common denominator between then and now is that we have tried to provide you with the best product we can for your enjoyment for 25 years.
I hope that I have the opportunity to write a similar column for our 50th anniversary. As always I thank you, our readers, for your loyalty and support. I welcome your comments.