Book description
The beloved explorer Jacques Cousteau witnessed firsthand the
complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea-and watched the toll
taken by human activity in the twentieth century. In this magnificent
last book, now available for the first time in the United States,
Cousteau describes his deeply informed philosophy about protecting our
world for future generations. Weaving gripping stories of his adventures
throughout, he and coauthor Susan Schiefelbein address the risks we take
with human health, the overfishing and sacking of the world's oceans,
the hazards of nuclear proliferation, and the environmental
responsibility of scientists, politicians, and people of faith. This
prescient, clear-sighted book is a remarkable testament to the life and
work of one of our greatest modern adventurers. Eloquent and at times
almost poetical. This worthwhile look back at the French scientist who
taught us to love scuba diving and the ocean raises questions still
highly relevant ten years later.
Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) was world-renowned as an ocean
explorer, filmmaker, educator, and environmental activist. He won
three Oscars and the Palme d Or for his films, and wrote or
coauthored more than seventy-five books. Susan Schiefelbein has
won the National Magazine Award and the Front Page Award for her cover
stories on social issues. A former editor at the Saturday
Review, she went on to write the narration for many of Cousteau s
documentary films. She lives in Paris.
