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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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- 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 deĢtente ; 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.
