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National Geographic Society
June 2010
On Sale: May 25, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 1426206836
EAN: 9781426206832
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Non-Fiction
In every legend, there is a legacy. In the life and career
of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, that legacy beats in
the heart of the sea and in the heart of his son,
Jean-Michel, the noted French environmentalist, educator and
documentary film producer who has spent most of his adult
life nurturing the work of his famous father. In "My Father,
The Captain, " Jean-Michel Cousteau takes an open and
intimate look at the life he shared with his father, and the
legend he has taken it upon himself to carry. In so doing,
he hopes to shed new and meaning fullight on the life and
work of a man who inspired millions to reconsider our
relationship with the sea and its creatures-and, in the
process, to understand a little more about himself and his
family as well. "Captain Cousteau was a complicated man,"
the younger Cousteau writes. "He was a man of many different
personalities, many different moods. But this is how it is
with all great men, yes? We know the public mask, but it is
the private face that reveals a man's true character. It is
the man we know when the cameras are not filming." "My
Father, The Captain" is shot-through with new material and
fresh in sights into the life and mind of a man who helped
to jump-start a global conservation effort that continues to
flourish. Jean-Michel Cousteau and his collaborator, New
York Times best-selling author Daniel Paisner, offer an
intimate reappraisal of the many touchstone moments
Jean-Michel shared with his father, as well as the seminal
moments from his father's life that have become part of the
Cousteau family lore and legend.
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