Jacques Cousteau: The Sea KingAn 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. |
Contents
La Bergère | 9 |
Les Mousquemers | 23 |
Breathing Underwater | 34 |
Sixty Feet Down | 41 |
s Scuba | 144 |
II | 162 |
List of Illustrations | 197 |
Rediscovering the World | 236 |
Calypso The Fountain 12 CONTENTS Il Faut Aller Voir Fame | 266 |
Living Underwater 14 World Without | 268 |
The Undersea World of David Wolper | 269 |
An Honest Witness | 270 |
Oasis in Space 18 Odyssey 19 Moving | 271 |
Captain Outrageous ཎྜ ཏྟ ཥ ྲ ཀླ རྞ ཎ ལུ ང 2 རྩ ིིྲབིཝཱ ཎྜ རྫ ྲ ིིངྐ ླ ix | 272 |
Bibliography | 275 |
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