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George Eastman - A Biography
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Eastmans and Kilbourns
An Amateur There
Scoop the World
"We Do the Rest"
England and America
Prayers and Paper Wars
Photos by the Mile
The Gay Nineties
Prince Henry and the Earl of East Avenue
A Salute for the Czar
GE versus Albion's City
The Power of Combination
Crazy about Color
The Garden of Eden
The House that George Built
From Oak Lodge to Tuskegee
Dalliance
Frozen Music: GE and His Architects
The Platinum-Mounted Farm
Mr. Smith Goes to College
"Pull" Is a Verb
My Hometown
Manifest Destiny
Over There
Kodak Man to Be World's Doctor and Dentist
Music in Every Direction
Dear Mr. Eastman
Trust Your Organization
Diminuendo
"My Work Is Done"

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Brayer's is a balanced picture of one of the modern era's seminal industrial figures; she has been able, for the first time, to draw on a wide range of sources, including personal papers and corporate records. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Brayer's admirably detailed biography is a fine work of reference. Personalities, social history, science: all are meticulously documented. George Eastman is a very welcome addition to one's biography shelves. THE LITERARY REVIEW, BALTIMORE A history of technological revolution in the photographic medium and the emergence of "big business" via the Kodak empire...also a detail-rich look at turn-of-the-century central New York. LIBRARY JOURNAL Brayer has written a candid, fact-crammed life of the first camera-and-film tycoon. PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY Meticulously researched and clearly written, this book is unlikely to be rivaled and should be recognized as the standard work on the subject. Elizabeth Brayer should be congratulated on a magnificent achievement. A fitting tribute to one of the formative figures of modern times. BOOKSHELF Brayer's big book triumphantly mines Eastman's correspondence and reports of those who knew him well. It is a complex and frequently sparkling story of invention, industrial growth in a changing America, personally managed philanthropy, and a little-known, intriguingly complex personality. THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE The astute selection of letters and quotations from more than 20,000 records is a signal achievement. This biography is a fine window on the life of a most unusually talented, interesting, and deeply thoughtful man. JOURNAL OF IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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