From the powe of money to the power of God.

Combining driving ambition with

hard work, Jack Eckerd built a

single drugstore into a billion-

dollar chain. He believed rules were

made tobe changed; a better way m do

things could always be found. With a

fine-tuned intuition for trends, he was

able to predict life-style changes in

postwar America. And his self-service

concept transformed retailing.

Eckerd enjoyed an illustrious

career and political selection as a

Republican candidate for governor

and senator from F1orida. Yet a

voice continually haunted him:

"With all that you have and all you ve

accomplished, why then the empty

feeling, Jack?"

ECKERD

is Jack Eckerd s compelling story.

In this revealing, gritty self-portrait,

Jack Eckerd and Charles Paul Coma

show what changed a prosperous,

tough.talking businessman s philos-

ophy from beat the competition m

living the Golden Rule. He is now a

philanthropist who has given away

millions of dollars.