The Lonely Sea and the SkyThe autobiography of aviator and sailor Sir Francis Chichester, who was the second person to fly solo from England to Australia. It is a tale of ardour and adventure, of intrepid endeavours on land, on the sea and in the air, and of the physical and mental challenges he faced. |
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Contents
PART | 19 |
THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 21 |
SHADES OF THE PRISON HOUSE | 26 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lonely Sea and the Sky |
| Author | Sir Francis Chichester |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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