West with the Night-夜航西飞

作者：Beryl Markham

书名：West with the Night《夜航西飞》 

中文简介：West with the Night《夜航西飞》是1942年由 Beryl Markham撰写的回忆录，记录了她在20世纪初在肯尼亚（当时的英国东非）长大的经历，在那里以赛马训练师和丛林飞行员谋生。它被认为是户外文学的经典之作，并在其出版后不久被列入美国的武装部队版本。2004年，国家地理探险队在100本最佳冒险书籍中排名第8。

英文简介：Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license.

In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping. When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him. Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph. On 4 September, she took off ... Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.