Description |
1 online resource (255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Note |
Published in French under title: Mon père, le commandant. |
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Description based on print version record. |
Contents |
Two saluted -- Beginnings -- My arrival -- Liquid air -- A family at sea -- Sanary -- Waiting for Calypso -- A place of my own -- From Madagascar to Hollywood -- Treasure -- Philippe -- Future generations -- The end of something -- Legacy. |
Summary |
Jean-Michel paints an intimate, always honest portrait of the pioneer who inspired millions to reconsider our relationship with the sea and its creatures, and in the process presents a deeply personal glimpse of their close-knit but sometimes conflicted family. |
Subject |
Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997.
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Oceanographers -- France -- Biography.
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Genre |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Cousteau, Jean-Michel. My father, the captain. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2010 (DLC) 2010006114 (OCoLC)495271367 |
ISBN |
9781426206863 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1426206860 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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