In his autobiographical work Saint-Exupéry, an early pioneering aviator, evokes a series of events in his life, principally his work for the airmail carrier Aéropostale. It was first published in France in February 1939, and was then translated by Lewis Galantière and published in English by Reynal and Hitchcock in the United States later the same year. It deals with themes such as friendship, death, heroism, and solidarity among colleagues, and illustrates the author's opinions of what makes life worth living. Wind, Sand and Stars (French title: Terre des hommes) is a memoir by the French aristocrat aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and a winner of several literary awards. 1939 1st edition "translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere" Reynal & Hitchcock publishers, New York hardbound in black and blue patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine quite good condition with unmarked pages, minor foxing on first few pages along spine no dust jacket.
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