Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea

By Kathleen Olmstead

Book Overview

Jacques Cousteau spent his life exploring oceans and sharing his discoveries through weekly television shows, documentary films, and books. He excited and educated people by bringing the underwater world-sharks, whales, penguins, dolphins, and sea turtles-within reach. This remarkable man also created important inventions like the aqualung, which allowed people to breath underwater. Even Cousteau's beloved ship, the Calypso, used as his home and office for more than forty years, became well known. His legacy lives on in the conservation efforts of the Cousteau Society. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402760582
• ISBN13: 9781402760587
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great reading for a beginning diver

I purchased this book for my daughter as she is starting diving with the Navy Sea Cadets. She is enjoying the read and I am thrilled she is learning so much about the origin of modern SCUBA. I definitely recommend Jacques biography to anyone interested in diving.