{"product_id":"my-father-the-captain-my-life-with-jacques-cousteau-9781426206832","title":"My Father, the Captain: My Life with Jacques Cousteau","description":"In every legend, there is a legacy. In the life and career of undersea\u003cbr\u003eexplorer Jacques Cousteau, that legacy beats in the heart of the sea and in\u003cbr\u003ethe heart of his son, Jean-Michel, the noted French environmentalist, \u003cbr\u003eeducator and documentary film producer who has spent most of his adult life\u003cbr\u003enurturing the work of his famous father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Father, The Captain, \u003c\/i\u003e Jean-Michel Cousteau takes an open and intimate look at the life he shared with his father, and the legend he has taken it\u003cbr\u003eupon himself to carry. In so doing, he hopes to shed new and meaningful\u003cbr\u003elight on the life and work of a man who inspired millions to reconsider our\u003cbr\u003erelationship with the sea and its creatures-and, in the process, to\u003cbr\u003eunderstand a little more about himself and his family as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captain Cousteau was a complicated man,\" the younger Cousteau writes. \"He\u003cbr\u003ewas a man of many different personalities, many different moods. But this\u003cbr\u003eis how it is with all great men, yes? We know the public mask, but it is\u003cbr\u003ethe private face that reveals a man's true character. It is the man we\u003cbr\u003eknow when the cameras are not filming.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father, The Captain\u003c\/i\u003e is shot-through with new material and fresh insights\u003cbr\u003einto the life and mind of a man who helped to jump-start a global\u003cbr\u003econservation effort that continues to flourish. Jean-Michel Cousteau and\u003cbr\u003ehis collaborator, New York Times best-selling author Daniel Paisner, offer\u003cbr\u003ean intimate reappraisal of the many touchstone moments Jean-Michel shared\u003cbr\u003ewith his father, as well as the seminal moments from his father's life that\u003cbr\u003ehave become part of the Cousteau family lore and legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426206832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.36w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daniel Paisner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715418091701,"sku":"9781426206832","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-father-the-captain-my-life-with-jacques-cousteau-9781426206832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}