Contributed by nationally recognized experts, this new volume to the ""Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics"" series presents some of the most important and current research describing life between the ages of 65-75 or the Crown of Life period. This scholarly presentation incorporates some of the most important data from the Inter-university Consortium for Policy and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, and the Murray Research Center's data archive at Harvard University to address important issues of the early post-retirement period. Topics cover many aspects and social issues of retirement and ""The Third Age"".