Night FlightAn adventure novel about the brave men who pilot night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Their chief is a steely man named Riviere, whose extraordinary character is revealed through the dramatic acts of a single night. |
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Page 30
... face they have when they think they are alone . His thoughts took form . " Like a revolution it is ; men's faces turning only the least shade paler , yet utterly unlike themselves . " He bent his mind toward the memory . He had been ...
... face they have when they think they are alone . His thoughts took form . " Like a revolution it is ; men's faces turning only the least shade paler , yet utterly unlike themselves . " He bent his mind toward the memory . He had been ...
Page 54
... face was set toward the storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and ...
... face was set toward the storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and ...
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... face ? " Not one of the peasants using the road would ever have wished to mutilate this face so hideously just to save the extra walk to the next bridge . " The welfare of the commun- ity , " the engineer had continued , " is just the ...
... face ? " Not one of the peasants using the road would ever have wished to mutilate this face so hideously just to save the extra walk to the next bridge . " The welfare of the commun- ity , " the engineer had continued , " is just the ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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