Antoine Saint-Exupery

In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latécoère—later known as Aéropostale—opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Wind, Sand and Stars is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures, the book presents a richly textured autobiographical narrative. It includes the extraordinary story of his crash in the...