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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Mordicai Gerstein

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Overview

The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads-- the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat.The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.

Details

Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-04-17
Pages: 44
Language: EN
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Performing Arts, Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation, Juvenile Fiction / General
ISBN-13: 9780312368784