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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... snow - bound stillness brooded on the ranges ; the winter snow had brought its peace to all this vastness , as in dead castles the passing centuries spread peace . Two hundred miles without a man , a breath of life , a movement ; only ...
... snow - bound stillness brooded on the ranges ; the winter snow had brought its peace to all this vastness , as in dead castles the passing centuries spread peace . Two hundred miles without a man , a breath of life , a movement ; only ...
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... snow . Looking back to see if retreat might still be feasible , he shuddered ; all the Cordil- lera behind him was in seething ferment . " I'm lost ! " On a peak ahead of him the snow swirled up into the air - a snow volcano . Upon his ...
... snow . Looking back to see if retreat might still be feasible , he shuddered ; all the Cordil- lera behind him was in seething ferment . " I'm lost ! " On a peak ahead of him the snow swirled up into the air - a snow volcano . Upon his ...
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... snow . Now all grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien thought that he was in a limbo of strange magic ; for the light did not come down from the stars but welled up from below , from all that snowy whiteness ...
... snow . Now all grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien thought that he was in a limbo of strange magic ; for the light did not come down from the stars but welled up from below , from all that snowy whiteness ...
Contents
ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
THUS THE THREE PLANES OF THE AIR | 24 |
ddress | 33 |
Copyright | |
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