West with the Night 夜航西飞 当当5星级英文学习产品

WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on firstpublication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of BerylMarkham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and herlife in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s. Markham was taken to Kenyaat the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by DenysFinch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who tookher flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markhamwent on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercialpilot's license. In 1936 she determined to fly solo across theAtlantic -- without stopping. When Charles Lindbergh did the same,he had the wind behind him. Markham, by contrast, had a strongheadwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph. On 4September, she took off ...Several days later, she crash-landed inNova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.

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A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be rankedalongside Karen Blixen's OUT OF AFRICA Time Out A poet's feelingfor her land, an adventurer's response to life New York HERALDTribune