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Sahara Unveiled

A Journey Across the Desert

Sahara Unveiled( )
Author: Langewiesche, William
Series title:Vintage Departures Ser.
ISBN:978-0-679-75006-2
Publication Date:Jun 1997
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.00
Book Description:

It is as vast as the United States and so arid that most bacteria cannot survive there. Its loneliness is so extreme it is said that migratory birds will land beside travelers, just for the company. William Langewiesche came to the Sahara to see it as its inhabitants do, riding its public transport, braving its natural and human dangers, depending on its sparse sustenance and suspect hospitality. From his journey, which took him across the desert's hyperarid core from Algiers to Dakar,...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Africa / North / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.27 x 7.98 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.666 Pounds
Author Biography
Langewiesche, William (Author)
William Langewiesche is an American author and journalist, and was a professional airplane pilot for many years. He is currently the international correspondent for the magazine Vanity Fair, 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.

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. He was a finalist for the 2007 Michael Kelly Award.

He currently lives in France. 030



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