Editing Wind, Sand and Stars (section)

{{Short description|1939 memoir by de Saint-Exupéry}}{{Infobox book
| image             = WindSandAndStars.jpg
| author            = [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
| pub_date          = February 1939
| caption           = First U.S. edition cover
| language          = French
| country           = France
| genre             = Memoir
| publisher         = [[Reynal and Hitchcock]]
| title_orig        = Terre des hommes
| translator        = [[Lewis Galantière]]
}}

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'''''Wind, Sand and Stars''''' (French title: '''''Terre des hommes''''', literally "Land of Men") is a [[memoir]] by the French aristocrat aviator-writer [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], and a winner of several literary awards. 
It was first published in France in February 1939, and was then translated by [[Lewis Galantière]] and published in English by [[Reynal and Hitchcock]] in the United States later the same year.<ref  name="Miller-Fay-1946a" />

The book's themes deal with friendship, death, heroism, camaraderie and solidarity among colleagues, humanity and the search for meaning in life. The book illustrates the author's view of the world and his opinions of what makes life worth living.

The central incident he wrote of detailed his 1935 plane crash in the [[Sahara Desert]] between [[Benghazi]] and [[Cairo]], which he barely survived along with his mechanic-navigator, André Prévot. Saint-Exupéry and his navigator were left almost completely without water and food, and as the chances of finding an [[oasis]] or help from the air gradually decreased, the two men nearly died of thirst before they were saved by a [[Bedouin]] on a camel.

''Wind, Sand and Stars'' also provided storylines for his book ''[[Le Petit Prince]]'' with many of the same themes outlined above, particularly camaraderie and friendship. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4255854/little-prince-1943-history-2/|title = The True Events That Inspired 'The Little Prince'| date=4 August 2016 }}</ref>