My Father, the Captain

In every legend, there is a legacy. In the life and career of underseaexplorer Jacques Cousteau, that legacy beats in the heart of the sea and inthe heart of his son, Jean-Michel, the noted French environmentalist,educator and documentary film producer who has spent most of his adult lifenurturing 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 itupon himself to carry. In so doing, he hopes to shed new and meaningfullight on the life and work of a man who inspired millions to reconsider ourrelationship with the sea and its creatures-and, in the process, tounderstand a little more about himself and his family as well.“Captain Cousteau was a complicated man,” the younger Cousteau writes. “Hewas a man of many different personalities, many different moods. But thisis how it is with all great men, yes? We know the public mask, but it isthe private face that reveals a man’s true character. It is the man weknow when the cameras are not filming.“My Father, The Captain is shot-through with new material and fresh insightsinto the life and mind of a man who helped to jump-start a globalconservation effort that continues to flourish. Jean-Michel Cousteau andhis collaborator, New York Times best-selling author Daniel Paisner, offeran intimate reappraisal of the many touchstone moments Jean-Michel sharedwith his father, as well as the seminal moments from his father’s life thathave become part of the Cousteau family lore and legend.