Saint-Exupery: A Biography

by StacySchiff (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $3.25

  This is an account of the life of the eccentric Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Born in 1900 of impoverished aristocracy, he swiftly developed a mania for aviation, despite his chaotic mind and total technological incompetence. He flew reconnaisance missions in the war and wrote strange books, including the classic children's story The Little Prince , between theatrically-executed airplane crashes. He died in the air in 1944, and his brief life instantly acquired mythical status.