William Langewiesche

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William Langewiesche is an American author and journalist, and was a professional airplane pilot for many years. He is currently a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, but made his name as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He has written articles covering events such as the World Trade Center cleanup, a three-part series which was published as the book American Ground. He also detailed the last flight of the shuttle Columbia.

He is the son of Wolfgang Langewiesche author of Stick and Rudder.

Langewiesche was a finalist for the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage for American Ground. Unbuilding the World Trade Center and 2005 for The Outlaw Sea.

Langewiesche currently lives in France. As of Spring 2006, both he and managing editor Cullen Murphy left the Atlantic for Vanity Fair. [1]

[edit] Partial bibliography

Hotel Baghdad: Fear and Lodging in Iraq (2005) [2]
Langewiesche, William (2004). The Outlaw Sea : A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-581-4.
Langewiesche, William (2002). American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-582-2.
Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight (2000)
Langewiesche, William (1996). Sahara Unveiled : A Journey Across the Desert. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-42982-4.