The Atomic Bazaar; The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. vi, [2], 181, [1] pages. Map. Acronyms. Signed by the author sticker on DJ. Signed on title page. William Langewiesche (born June 12, 1955) is an American author and journalist who was also a professional airplane pilot for many years. Since 2019 he has been a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine. Prior to that he was a correspondent for The Atlantic and Vanity Fair magazines for twenty-nine years. He is the author of nine books and the winner of two National Magazine Awards. William Langewiesche is currently a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine. From 2006-2019 he was an international correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine. Prior to that, he was the national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine where he was nominated for eight consecutive National Magazine Awards. He has written articles covering a wide range of topics from shipbreaking, wine critics, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, modern ocean piracy, nuclear proliferation, and the World Trade Center cleanup. Langewiesche received a degree in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. The Atlantic sent Langewiesche to many parts of the world and increasingly into conflict zones. In 2006, while living in Baghdad to cover the Iraq war, Langewiesche went to work for Vanity Fair. After the attacks of 9/11, Langewiesche was the only journalist given full unrestricted access to the World Trade Center site. He produced "American Ground", serialized in The Atlantic Monthly. "American Ground" became a New York Times national bestselling book. More