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From the author's introduction - In writing this book my collaborator and I had two aims in view. Firstly, to shed some light on the life and ideas of a complex, gifted and fascinating individual; a man whose life was packed with adventure, both in the realms of action and in the realms of thought; who was pioneer airman, writer, poet, philosopher, administrator, mathematician, scientist and practical inventor. Secondly, and in so doing, to say something about that relatively new discovery — flying; about the psychology of the airman; and about the beauty and interest of his profession.
As it happens, these aims are largely identical. For Saint-Exupéry not only spent a large part of his own life in the air, but was the author of incomparably the best books that have been written on the subject. Men of action seldom write well, men given to reflection seldom lead adventurous lives: Saint-Exupéry combined the best of both worlds. His three main works — Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras — carry the authenticity and conviction, which spring from professional knowledge and experience, while at the same time that experience is conveyed with the insight, the sensibility, and the power and grace of language of the born writer.
Hardcover reprint, 1954, Weidenfeld Uk, first published in 1953.
Condition - book - very good, solid in sky blue cloth covers, the external dustjacket shows tears and edgewear to covers.
Now in a removable clear plastic dustjacket protector.
