Francis Blake : An Inventor's Life, 1850-1913

The telephone transmitter and innovations in high-speed photography were the main inventions of New Englander Blake. This biography describes his work, and explores his private life at his Massachusetts estate of Keewaydin, to which he retired from public life at the height of his success. Much of the material is based on Blake's own papers. Distributed by Northeastern U. Press. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)