SUMMARY

Pioneering aviator, bestselling writer and humanist, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry enjoyed a celebrity in his lifetime that was surpassed only by his fame after his death. With his mysterious disappearance during WWII and then the worldwide success of his final book, The Little Prince, he achieved mythical status,
Between January 1941 and April 1943, Saint-Exupéry lived in New York City's Central Park South and on Long Island. During this time, he wrote three of his most important works, but he also frequently collaborated with the U.S. War Department.