QUICK TAKES - March 21, 2009

William Morrow says it plans to publish the first of two books by hero pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger III later this year.

Topics will include his boyhood, his military service and, of course, his “Miracle on the Hudson” experiences.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, said Friday that the subject and timing of the second book was not yet known.

Sullenberger safely ditched his US Airways plane in New York’s Hudson River on Jan. 15 after its engines were disabled by geese. All 155 people aboard survived.