Read this letter of gratitude written in 1943 by the Little Prince author to future Americans
Antoine de Saint Exupéry, the author best known for "The Little Prince," has a special connection to our lives in Toulouse. A pilot, he was based for a time in this city, which has long been one of France's main aviation hubs.
After France signed an armistice with Germany in 1940, he fled to North America where he stayed 27 months. In 1943, he joined a …
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