| Description |
399 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
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Map on endpapers. |
| Contents |
Family tree -- Prologue -- Introduction: where all longitudes coverge -- 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 dinner -- Apogee-and fall -- Part five: a better stewardship -- Storm clouds -- A higher and a better use -- Epilogue: no tree grows to heaven. |
| Summary |
"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."-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Though his career path had been paved by four generations of his family before him, Gilbert M. Grosvenor left his own mark on the National Geographic Society, founded in 1888 and recognized the world over by its ubiquitous yellow border. In an unflinchingly honest memoir as big as the world and all that is in it, Grosvenor shows us what it was like to "grow up Geographic" in a family home where explorers like Robert Peary, Louis Leakey, and Jane Goodall regularly crossed the threshold. As staff photographer, editor in chief and then president of the organization, Grosvenor oversaw the diversification into television, film, books, as well as its flagship magazine, which under his tenure reached a peak circulation of nearly 11 million. He also narrates the shift from a nonprofit, family-focused enterprise to the more corporate, bottom-line focused world of publishing today. For Grosvenor, running National Geographic wasn’t just a job. It was a legacy, motivated by a passion not just to leave the world a better place, but to motivate others to do so, too. Filled with world travel, charismatic explorers, and the complexities of running a publishing empire, A MAN OF THE WORLD is the story of one man, a singular family business, and the changing face of American media."-- Amazon. |
| Subject |
Grosvenor, Gilbert M.
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Periodical editors -- United States -- Biography.
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National geographic magazine.
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Grosvenor, Gilbert M. (OCoLC)fst00010347
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National geographic magazine. (OCoLC)fst01357010
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Periodical editors. (OCoLC)fst01058064
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jenkins, Mark Collins, author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Grosvenor, Gilbert M. Man of the world Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2022] 9781426221545 (DLC) 2021062230 |
| ISBN |
9781426221538 (hardcover) |
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1426221533 (hardcover) |
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9781426221545 (ebook) |
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