A man of the world my life at National Geographic
"The captivating inside story of the man who helmed National Geographic over the course of six decades is a front-row seat to iconic feats of exploration. This revealing autobiography makes an impassioned argument to know--and care for--our planet"--
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A man of the world : |b my life at National Geographic / |c Gilbert M. Grosvenor, with Mark Collins Jenkins. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b National Geographic, |c [2022] | |
| 300 | |a 399 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Map on endpapers. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Introduction: Where all the longitudes converge -- Part one: Charting a course. The Fortunate Isles ; Passages ; The road not taken ; A change of course -- Part two: Under a lucky star. The geographic eye ; Of friends and foes ; Aboard the Eisenhower express ; Young man in a hurry ; What we did best ; The African memory bank ; The house of exploration ; The yellow in the leaf -- Part three: The best job in journalism. The transition ; The third generation ; A little détente ; Enraptured by the deep ; Mine was the migrating bird ; The siege ; Indian summer -- Part four: The house of geography. The command post ; My $125 million dollar dinner ; Apogee--and fall -- Part five: A better stewardship. Storm clouds ; A higher and better use -- Epilogue: No tree grows in heaven. | |
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