West with the Night West with the Night West with the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya (then British East Africa) in the early 1900s, leading to celebrated careers as a racehorse trainer and bush pilot there. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature and was included in the U.S.A.'s Armed Services Editions shortly after its publication. In 2004, "National Geographic Adventure" ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books. Ernest Hemingway was deeply impressed with Markham's writing, saying Markham is the first person to fly the Atlantic east to
Rowing Across the Atlantic Rowing Across the Atlantic Rowing Across the Atlantic () is a 1978 French animated short film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. It tells the story of a couple who leave New York City in a rowing boat and spend their lives together in the Atlantic Ocean. The film was scripted by Laguionie and Jean-Paul Gaspari and features the voices of Charlotte Maury and Jean-Pierre Sentier. It premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and was released in French cinemas on 25 October 1978. The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Prize at