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Antoine de Saint Exupery

This person is a poetic observer of the human experience and describes his observations of the men and experiences of the French Aeropostale.

Guillaumet

This person was a pilot who earned the author's undying and loyal respect both as a pilot and as a man.

Mermoz

This man had ingenious uses of the planes he had come to know so well; he could wield them in nearly any circumstance.

Captain Bonnafous

This person was the first Frenchman the thieving Moorish tribes of the Sahara came to respect as able to outsmart them.

Bark (Mohammad ben Lhaoussin)

This person was the Marrakech-native slave at one of the forts in the Sahara and was a source of moral compulsion for the author.

Prevot

This man was a level-headed, practical, and resourceful man who helped the author survive his crash landing.

Pepin

This man was a socialist...

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