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Terre des hommes
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
First Published
1966
Subjects
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, 1900-1944
Description
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.