Helpful Score: 3
Witness the danger, excitement, adventures of a pioneer aviator interspersed with his philosophy of life as he recounts his experiences with the French Air Post Service in the early years of the twentieth century.
What a great autobiography! Most people know Saint-Exupery through his wonderful Little Prince, but his life as one of France's first long haul pilots is poignant and inspiring.
The authors experience flying some of the first airplanes delivering mail for the France, going into North Africa. His experiences after crashing in the desert and being stranded.
A 1920's airplane pilot writes of his adventures delivering mail across the world. He also writes of his near-death survival in the Sahara desert.
Antoine de Saint-Exupiery descriptive writing tells such poignant detail: deep blue sky turning into a treacherous storm; cotton clouds and the peaks of the Andes, a near death experience in his plane; and then of the revolution in Spain. His philosophy makes the reader contemplate his written word. An excellent read.
Antoine de Saint-Exupiery descriptive writing tells such poignant detail: deep blue sky turning into a treacherous storm; cotton clouds and the peaks of the Andes, a near death experience in his plane; and then of the revolution in Spain. His philosophy makes the reader contemplate his written word. An excellent read.
Great adventures well written !
