My Father, the Captain: My Life With Jacques Cousteau

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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 meaningful light 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 insights 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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It's an intimate look at the man who first brought marine life into the living rooms of millions of Americans in the 1960s, and who fought tirelessly to open the eyes of the world to the oceans' dwindling natural resources. Express

Jean-Michel [Cousteau] has just published a new book, "My Father, the Captain," about both the public life and private side of his famous father. PBS NewsHour

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Jean-Michel Cousteau is the president of the high-profile Ocean Futures Society. He has made more than 80 films and has won an Emmy, a Peabody, a 7 d'Or, and a Cable Ace Award. Cousteau is the executive producer of the acclaimed PBS TV series Jean-Michel Cousteau- Ocean Adventures, and the author of My Father, the Captain- My Life with Jacques Cousteau. Daniel Paisner is the New York Timesbestselling author/coauthor of more than 60 books, including Denzel Washington's A Hand to Guide Me, Missy Franklin's Relentless Spirit- The Unconventional Raising of a Champion, and Daymond John's The Power of Broke- How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage. To learn more, visit danielpaisner.com or follow @DanielPaisner on Twitter.