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Terre des hommes

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1966

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A lyrical account of the author’s time as a pilot flying the dangerous mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Many incidents are recounted, including the time he crashed his plane in the Sahara and, along with his navigator, is forced to walk for days without food or water before finding safety.

20th centuryAeronauticsAir pilotsBiographiesBiographyFlightFrench AuthorsFrench Personal narrativesPilotes d'aéronefTranslations into RussianWorld War, 1939-1945Écrivains canadiens-français