Chronicles of a Second African Trip

Rochester, N.Y: The Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries, 1987. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x0. Includes publisher's slipcase. Dedication bookplate on front flyleaf from Janis and James Gleason Outstanding Philanthropist Award ceremony at the University of Rochester. 1987 Hard Cover. xxv, [1], 89, [5] pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers, photographs throughout. A follow-up volume to Eastman's popular account of an African safari, compiled from a collection of letters related to his second trip to Africa in 1928. Foreword by Elias Mandala, introduction by Kenneth M. Cameron. Illustrated with photographs by Eastman and fellow adventurer Martin Johnson. "George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Leon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumiere Brothers and Georges Melies.