Southern Mail; Night Flight
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an intrepid and eccentric adventurer, transferred his passion for flying to the written word by writing several classics of aviation literature, including Southern Mail and Night Flight. Based on Saint-Exupéry’s trail-blazing flights for the French airmail service over the Sahara and later, the Andes, these two novels evoke the tragic courage and….Read More
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