My Father, the Captain

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.