West with the Night
- ISBN-10
- 0785777032
- ISBN-13
- 9780785777038
- Series
- West with the Night
- Category
- Women air pilots
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983-05
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Author
- Beryl Markham
Description
For use in schools and libraries only. Describes growing up in an Africa that no longer exists, training and breeding race horses, flying mail to Sudan, and being the first woman to fly the Atlantic, east to west.
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