Wind, sand and stars
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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English translation of "Terre des hommes". Autobiographical account of air travel, captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight.
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20th century, Aeronautics, Air pilots, Biographies, Biography, Flight, French Authors, French Personal narratives, Pilotes d'aéronef, Translations into Russian, World War, 1939-1945, Écrivains canadiens-français, Authors, French, Arms control, Foreign relations, Authors, biography, Aeronautics, flights, Saint-exupery, antoine de, 1900-1944, Air pilots, biography, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944People
Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)Places
France, Morocco, Libya, The Sahara, The AndesTimes
20e siècle, 20th centuryShowing 8 featured editions. View all 83 editions?
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Terre Des Hommes
May 1999, Schoenhof Foreign Books
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2070360210 9782070360215
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Terre des hommes
1951, Heinemann Educational, Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division
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0435372335 9780435372330
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Wind, sand, and stars
Publish date unknown, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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0156970902 9780156970907
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Edition Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
"By the author of night flight"--P. facing t.p.
"Decorations by John O'H. Cosgrave II"--P. facing t.p.
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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.
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