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Jacques Cousteau : The Sea King

By Jacques Cousteau , Bradford Matsen

Book information

Publisher
Pantheon Books
Year
2009
ISBN
9780307378279, 0307378276
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4437064 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2019-05-30 23:02:06
-- 1910-1997;Oceanographers -- France -- BiographyCousteauJacques

Description

An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind this famous television personality. Inventor of the aqualung and fearless scuba diver, Jacques Cousteau opened up the ocean to a mass audience for the first time. Here, with the cooperation of many of the subjects closest confidants and family, Brad Matsen makes clear the full picture of his remarkable life, showing the father, military man, inventor, entrepreneur, and adventurer behind the public face. Vividly conveying the people, the science, and the lure of the sea that shaped Cousteau's life, Matsen paints a luminous portrait of a man who profoundly changed the way we live on our planet. From the Trade Paperback edition.  Read more...

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