In 1928 Antoine de Saint Exupéry became the director of the remote Cap Juby airfield in Rio de Oro, Sahara (He had joined the French Air Force, flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940). His house was a wooden shack and he slept on a thin straw mattress. In this isolation Saint-Exupéry learned to love... Continue Reading →

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